Category: Women of Algae

Mar 30, 2022 | Women of Algae

Seaweed Farming in Southeast Asia

In our ongoing original series, Women of Algae, we speak with two scientists whose lifelong...

Dr. Elizabeth Cottier-Cook has been designated by the United Nations to safeguard the...

Nov 10, 2021 | Women of Algae

In our ongoing Women of Algae series, we visit with Shinnecock Tribal member Tela Troge, who...

Sep 22, 2021 | Women of Algae

80-year-old Mrs. Jiamjit Boonsom and her husband have created the largest spirulina farm in...

In this installment of Women of Algae, Felicity Broennan speaks to Symbrosia founder and CEO...

Jul 21, 2021 | Women of Algae

In this original AlgaePlanet.com interview, Dr. Rebecca White, a veteran algae scientist,...

Breaking-News

November 27, 2023: Australia’s first high-level organization to serve the commercial seaweed industry officially launched in Canberra on November 16, 2023. The Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance (ASSA) represents ten corporate members across six states and was launched to advance environmentally responsible farming and production, strategic research and development, and scientific and biotech-related commercialization. READ MORE...
November 20, 2023: A research team from IIT Gandhinagar, a leading technical institution in India, has found that beads made from a combination of sea algae, salt, and nanoparticles can be used to remove dyes from wastewater pollution created in the dye and chemical industries. READ MORE...
November 17, 2023: Isis Central Sugar Mill, 300km north of Brisbane, Australia, will soon be home to ponds growing algae fed by the mill’s wastewater. The mill will harvest the carbon dioxide created when they burn fiber left over from crushing cane to make electricity and use the nutrients in the wastewater to feed the algae, which is intended for food and fuel. READ MORE...