Caribbean startups are turning excess seaweed into an agroecology solution

Mongabay
Apr 16, 2024, 11:22 am173 pts
In 2015, smelly mats of a brown macroalgae called sargassum piled as high as 1.2 meter (4 feet) on the beaches of Barbados, recalls Joshua Forte. It was the fourth year in what has become an annual nightmare, with an estimated 18,100 kilograms (20 tons) of seaweed inundating Caribbean shorelines each year and…

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