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MBL begins first test of tropical seaweed farming for biofuels production

Green Car Congress

A team of researchers led by Loretta Roberson, associate scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, has installed the first seaweed farm in Puerto Rico and US tropical waters. Puerto Rico has stable warm temperatures and ample sunlight year-round, as well as a wide range of exposure to prevailing winds and waves.

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Watery, Peaceful, Wild: The Call of the Mangroves

Baua Electric

St Jago pointed out fiddler crabs and mussels, and described differences of the local mangrove species — the red, white and black — and how they adapted to live and propagate where water meets land. The roots can arch up, pop up spikelike from the water or form stilts above and under the surface. Coral reefs get all the attention.

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