#seaweed

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Giant clone of seaweed discovered in the Baltic Sea https://phys.org/news/2025-03-giant-clone-seaweed-baltic-sea.html

"a small, bushy form of that was previously thought to be a separate species is a clone of bladderwrack. The clone has formed new populations by dispersing fragments of an original female plant with the currents and growing into new individuals. The clone spreads over more than 500 km of the coast of the Bothnian Sea, from Öregrund to just south of Umeå, and may be the world's largest clone of any organism"

underwater photo of small bushy brownish green seaweed in murky water

Green staghorn coral may be more likely to survive ocean warming if crabs are around https://phys.org/news/2025-02-green-staghorn-coral-survive-ocean.html

"predation by led to wounds that bled mucus, which in turn attracted the hoof-clawed ... the fed on the mucus but did not harm the coral... they also fed on nearby , typically the vectors for infectious , which led to infection prevention in the ... coral that were protected by the crabs were 60% less likely to suffer tissue loss"

underwater photo of a branching coral colony

Do Not Pin Your Hopes for Guilt-Free Hamburgers on Seaweed

"I did the math, and it doesn’t add up.
doesn’t just fail to reduce emissions as well as promised. It sucks the air out of productive debate. Hoping for any simple solution to hack complex food system problems distracts us from both the complexity and the magnitude of the changes necessary. Red algae, in other words, is a red herring."

https://newrepublic.com/article/187421/cows-beef-dairy-seaweed-emissions

Invasive may better adapt to changes than native species in waters https://phys.org/news/2024-10-invasive-seaweed-native-species-hawaii.html

Integrated physiological response by four species of to submarine groundwater discharge reveals complex patterns among closely-related species https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-74555-6

"successful species of can quickly change the concentration of dissolved substances inside their cells to match external changes. This ability to regulate internal water pressure is crucial for survival"

various species of seaweed

Fishers & scientists unite to restore populations on Chilean coast https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/fishers-scientists-unite-to-restore-seaweed-populations-on-chilean-coast/

"The disappearance of the seaweed has formed ocean deserts. Its absence has not only reduced but also deprived the area of the ecosystem services that they provide. Despite considerable challenges, the project already shows signs of hope... At the last observation, after two months of crop repopulation, there were more than 2,000 repopulated seedlings between the two species."

underwater photo of a dense brown seaweed forest

🌊🍙MOTHER OF THE SEA🍘✨

Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker (キャスリーンメアリードリューベイカー 1901-57) is not well known in her homeland, but in Japan she has become a national hero, remembered at Sumiyoshi-jinja in Uto (宇土-Kumamoto Prefecture) as the savior of the seaweed industry.

On April 14th Japan's nori farmers travel to pay their respects to Drew-Baker's memorial overlooking the Ariake Sea, a huge bay filled with seaweed farms.

Woodblock print of a woman drying out a sheet of seaweed for her lunch. Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org, https://harashobo.com, and https://adachi-hanga.com
Woodblock print of seaweed being prepared and dried in the sun. Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org, https://harashobo.com, and https://adachi-hanga.com
Woodblock print of woman picking seaweed. Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org, https://harashobo.com, and https://adachi-hanga.com
Woodblock print of men escaping waves having harvested a handful of seaweed. Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org, https://harashobo.com, and https://adachi-hanga.com

Here's my final Harbour Walls print. Yes I gave it a name. I think this is a pretty accurate representation of the colours.

There are 24 in the edition and it will be available in my shop later today.

It's easily my most ambitious print to date, in fact my next few will be half the number of layers. My son kept telling me that 12 layers was too many and I should reduce them.

A 12 layer screen print of a harbour in an abstract style

The world’s fourth mass is underway, but well-connected may have a better chance to recover https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-fourth-mass-coral-bleaching-is-underway-but-well-connected-reefs-may-have-a-better-chance-to-recover-230755

" remain healthier and recover faster if they are surrounded by that eat different types of , such as , and . also are important reef partners. They feed on and other organic materials in ocean sediments, cleaning up the area around ."

underwater photo of a sea cucumber on the sea floor