Michael Doall News Today

As warming oceans threaten the farming of the sustainable crop, scientists work to make the industry climate resilient

It's the 'Swiss army knife of the sea'. But can kelp survive rising marine heat?

Restoring oysters on Long Island and statewide New York requires what scientists call "recruitment," meaning billions of larvae are carried by the winds and tides to other reefs instead of smothering in mud.

The quest of a Long Island seaweed farmer to make kelp the next kale.

Hunger is rising again even though we produce enough food. As the planet warms, it’s crucial to fix a broken system.

Presently, there are kelp growers located in Great South Bay, Moriches Bay, Lake Montauk, Peconic Bay, Oyster Bay, and Setauket Harbor. (Photo: Courtesy of Lazy Point Farms) For those of you unfamiliar with sugar kelp farming, be prepared to be amazed by the benefits to what most of just think of as that slimy stuff in the water, and/or trying to avoid it wrapping around our ankles! Kelp, being a "type of large, brown seaweed that grows in shallow, nutrient-rich saltwater near coastal front...