Could seaweed help solve the climate crisis?

It's sometimes known as the 'floating golden rainforest.' Large patches of a leafy brown seaweed called sargassum are often seen dotting the ocean surface, occasionally stretching for miles.
But in recent years, huge amounts have been washing up on coastal areas, smothering beaches with a rotting, fetid blob that can be hazardous to people and animals.
Now, a company in Scotland thinks it can solve two problems by sinking the Sargassum to lock up the carbon it contains in the deep ocean to help fight climate change. RAZOR's Neil Cairns went to find out how they plan to do it.

[@IENMagazine]

We would love to use part of this clip on an editorial video we are working on covering this same company. Would that be ok as long as we credit Razor science show?

[@RyanDooley55]

Damn this is a great idea

[@fifinoir]

I was on board until I heard its finance by carbon offset. Most of the time more carbon is emitted with these schemes.

[@Targe0]

That's only because most of them try to use electrical or chemical capture technology. The ones that just help the natural system do its thing like this one tend to function quite well. But they don't get most of the attention because headlines and investors like new technology, and not just planting trees and sinking seaweed. This is one of the few out there that are trying to go with the deep carbon cycle, which gives them better chances that it will work.

[@sutherlandshots2954]

@@Targe0 sargassum is the lowest form of humour

[@SAGAWISIW30]

They clean natural sea transport but they don't want to clean plastics😂😂 clever humans

[@SAGAWISIW30]

Because it affects the tourist not like plastics ... 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑