Especially because many of the most well-known aquatic plants including sargassum, kelp, red algae and phytoplankton are all different types of seaweed.

Nori — which means "ocean moss" in Japanese — is produced from a type of red algae called pyropia, and has been part of the Japanese diet for over a thousand years. Though it was once eaten in its ...

This year’s Seaweed Week is the fifth of its kind and was designed as a way to bring attention to seaweed’s value to the Maine economy and to encourage people to try different types and uses ...

Its unique nutritional benefits and medicinal properties have helped seaweed soar in popularity in recent decades.

NOAA is monitoring and tracking sargassum. They provide online forecasts and near-real-time conditions. NOAA satellites ...

Algal blooms have many causes, but it's commonly chemicals in industrial fertilizers that end up in rivers and oceans in a ...

Sea vegetables — or seaweed — are all different types of algae. Algae grow in marine environments. They use sunlight for energy and naturally absorb vitamins and minerals from the ocean.

On Thursday, Aug. 3, a panel of New England seaweed experts at the Whaling Museum will talk about seaweed from the ancient craft of harvesting it to modern disruptive techniques.

There are basically four types of algae, based on their color: green, blue-green, red, and brown. Green and blue-green algae are found in freshwater as well as saltwater. Red and brown algae are found ...