From curing strawberry diseases to removing carbon from the atmosphere, seaweed is much more than a nutritious side dish.
Hundreds of international scientists and industry experts will gather in the Australian island state of Tasmania this week to discuss the crop’s untapped potential.
Karlotta Rieve visited more than 100 seaweed farms over the course of six months to get a grasp on the global market.
The aquaculture analyst says its clear that the warming waters on the Australian East Coast are taking a toll on seaweed farmers.
“No matter which seaweed farm we visited, it was always mentioned, some sort of affect from warming water, shorter cycles, more diseases, so it’s affecting the industry loads,” she told AAP….