A French chemist accidentally discovered it in 1811 when an experiment with seaweed ash created a purple puff of vapor. The name iodine comes from a Greek word meaning violet-colored. Later that ...

Seaweed farming is a rapidly expanding global industry. As a food resource, it has high nutritional value and doesn't need fertilizers to grow. Seaweed provides valuable habitats for marine life ...

At the same time, the team is exploring the possibility of fertilizing seaweed in the ocean using the same small particles that originate in ash from forest fires, volcanic ash or dust from the ...