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Thursday, February 13th, 2020
Professor Stanley will talk about the benefits of algae © SAMS Seaweed has long been a staple of Scotland, used not just for food but also as fertiliser, and now...
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Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
Juvenile kelp in the Gulf of Maine © Brittney Honisch/Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences “If you take one square metre of seaweed, of kelp forest, it will capture five times...
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Thursday, June 20th, 2019
A diver inspects kelp at an aquaculture farm off Vancouver Island © Brian J. Skerry/NGC/Alamy Growing awareness of the climate crisis and a shift to plant-based diets have turned kelp...
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Monday, November 19th, 2018
Traditional seaweed hand harvesting image © BBC News Backers of a controversial plan to harvest kelp off the Scottish coast have said it could support a £300m industry. The...
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Friday, October 26th, 2018
Kelp Forest Image © Richard Shucksmith for SNH, Flickr Renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough has insisted it is “absolutely imperative” that action is taken to protect kelp in Scotland’s...
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Thursday, September 6th, 2018
Ailsa McLellan dons her wellies and waterproofs and heads to the seaweed-covered shoreline near her home in Leckmelm outside Ullapool. Around her, there is nothing for company but the mountainous...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2018
Kelp bed, Richard Shucksmith © SNH A proposal to mechanically dredge kelp forests off the coast of Scotland has led to an outcry from conservationists, who say it would...
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2018
This blog article from Untamed Science takes a look at the threats to aquatic plants, and restoration efforts underway to save Zostera marina, or eelgrass. For a little underwater plant,...
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Monday, June 11th, 2018
In Scotland we are lucky. Our beautiful nation is blessed with a wealth of productive coastal habitats that provision us with some of the best seafood on the planet. Our...
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018
Popular fish for eating such as cod and pollock are reliant on the existence of healthy seagrass meadows, research led by Swansea University has found. The meadows - areas of...
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