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#seaweed — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #seaweed, aggregated by home.social.

  1. The #Beach is fairly typical and here you can see some #SeaWeed and also smooth #Rocks which have interesting line patterns on them. I’m not sure of their origin but I suppose it’s to do with currents when they’re submerged.

    #MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #Android #Spring

  2. *Ulva linza*, *Sargassum montagnei*, and *Polysiphonia nigrescens* (1850) by Charles F. Durant, from Algae and Corallines of the Bay & Harbor of New York.

    Source: Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden / Biodiversity Heritage Library

    pdimagearchive.org/images/045f

    #algae #numbers #botanical #love #algology #seaweed #art #publicdomain

  3. All-around very cool story and well worth the read. 💛

    #Nuns & #NativeWomen from the #indigenous #Shinnecook tribe in #NewYork have started a #kelp #farm to help remove #carbon & #nitrogen / #nitrates #pollution from their #ocean waters.

    After two years, there are #scallops, #clams, #SeaHorses, and other #MarineLife not seen in years, sheltering the kelp lines.

    It's not just an #environmental success story, but of #friendship, #allyship, & support as well. 💪

    theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j

    #Seaweed #Kindness #Poetry

  4. Heh. #Seaweed goes mainstream!

    I Tried Seaweed Therapy for My #Psoriasis — Here’s How It Went

    Managing Psoriasis

    December 07, 2022

    "Bathing in seaweed has long been a practice in Ireland. However, a recent surge in its popularity has led to bath houses springing up across the country. At these locations, which vary from serene indoor spas to scenic waterside locations featuring outdoor barrels filled with seaweed and warm water, you can soak in your own seaweed bath.

    "When hot water is poured over it, seaweed releases oils and gels that are rich in minerals and vitamins with a myriad of health benefits. Proponents claim it can help soothe aching muscles, remove toxins from the body, and relieve irritation by deeply moisturizing and hydrating the skin. This accelerates the rate at which damaged skin cells are repaired and increases circulation.

    "Fucus serratus, also known as serrated wrack or bladder wrack, is the type of seaweed most commonly used in seaweed baths because it contains the largest amount of oils and gels. The warm temperature of the water opens your pores, which allows you to absorb the oils and gels on a deeper level."

    Read more:
    bezzypsoriasis.com/discover/ps

    #Bladderwrack #SeaweedGels #NaturalRemedies #DIY #TraditionalRemedies #TraditionalMedicine

  5. CW: Seaweed farms are better at carbon capture than thought


    using a model that simulated the cycles of carbon in ocean sediment, they explored how this process would play out beneath a patch of #seaweed #aquaculture

    Their model found that increased biomass from seaweed farms was indeed linked to dramatically enhanced levels of #alkalinity. This increased alkalinity would translate to between 0.1 and 2 tons of #CO2 removal per hectare of farm area per year.

    #climate
    anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/

  6. Good morning. It's another sunny, cold, but busy morning on the Seto Inland Sea, as the seaweed farmers have been busy since who knows how early (my neighbor is a seaweed farmer, he left home at 2am last night).

    #Japan #SetoInlandSea #morning #seaweed #nori

  7. UC San Diego: Ellen Browning Scripps Herbarium Collection Highlights the Intersection Between Art and Science . “The Smith Seaweed Ecology Lab at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography is showcasing the scientific diversity and natural beauty of seaweeds through the new Ellen Browning Scripps Herbarium Collection. This resource — a digitized and physical collection of thousands […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/13/uc-san-diego-ellen-browning-scripps-herbarium-collection-highlights-the-intersection-between-art-and-science/