{"id":29005,"date":"2023-01-19T09:56:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T09:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=29005"},"modified":"2023-01-19T09:56:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T09:56:38","slug":"marine-pollution-potentially-mitigated-by-kelp-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/marine-pollution-potentially-mitigated-by-kelp-farms\/29005\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine pollution potentially mitigated by kelp farms"},"content":{"rendered":"
Emerging research from the University of Alaska Fairbanks suggests that implementing kelp farms may be an effective strategy for combatting the growing problem of marine pollution.<\/h2>\n
The university study identified that kelp farms possess water-filtering qualities that could be exploited to reduce marine pollution in coastal areas. The research analysed carbon and nitrogen levels in two mixed-species kelp farms in southcentral and southeast Alaska during the 2020-21 growing season.<\/p>\n
Results from tissue and seawater samples demonstrated that seaweed species might have various abilities that enable them to remove nutrients from their surroundings and effectively combat marine pollution.<\/p>\n
Schery Umanzor, an assistant professor at UAF\u2019s College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences and the lead author of the study, explained: \u201cSome seaweeds are literally like sponges \u2014 they suck and suck and never saturate.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough carbon and carbon sequestration by kelp received most of the attention, kelp is actually much better at mitigating excessive amounts of nitrogen than carbon. I think that\u2019s a story that\u2019s really underlooked.\u201d<\/p>\n