A giant blob of seaweed in the Atlantic is discouraging tourists and threatening communities on the French Caribbean island of Martinique.
Mounds of free-floating sargassum wash up on beaches, and as it rots, it releases toxic gases.
Fishermen and entrepreneurs have taken matters into their own hands, coming up with a solution.
Al Jazeera’s Alexandra Byers reports more.
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Turning it into fertilizer?
Research if it can be turned into food for humans.
Yes it is food as well as an ecosystem! 🙂
@NBflame cool
I have worked on seaweed for many years and people are yet to realise its importance. This particular seaweed can be used for enhancing fertilisers, fish meals, for paper production, cups etc… Nevertheless, we should also realise that seaweed has vital ecological functions to the seawater quality and a habitat for fish and other micro and macro marine organisms.
Is cloud seeding causing this?
I’m the past decade farmers in Brazil started using a new type of fertilizer but when it gets into the ocean it starts this
Many countries in the east coast are losing tourists because of it country’s tried convincing Brazil to stop but Brazil it basically like f all of you we won’t stop
bio-fuel
Fishermen at Martin’s definitely had to change strategies!
JD
There are plenty of seaweed products origin from sargassum , ascofol, giant kelp etc selling so expansive in the fertilizer market. Couldn’t believe , now it is free outside your door step
Looks horrible.
And also smells horrible.