Researchers find seaweed helps trap carbon dioxide in sediment
By Florida State University
6/3/2019
Every beachgoer can spot seaweed in the ocean or piling up on the beach, but Florida State University researchers working with colleagues in the United Kingdom have found that these slimy macroalgae play an important role in permanently removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Their work is published in the journal Ecological Monographs by the Ecological Society of America.
The researchers, who partnered with ecologists from Plymouth Marine Laboratory in the United Kingdom, investigated how seaweed absorbed carbon and processed it, trapping it in the seafloor.
Read more here: https://news.fsu.edu/news/science-technology/2019/06/03/researchers-find-seaweed-helps-trap-carbon-dioxide-in-sediment/