Seaweed is far more than a sea plant. This talk from Aarhus University explores what seaweed and other algae really are, and how they differ from plants and animals. Seaweed forms underwater forests along the world's coasts that shelter fish and small sea creatures, and it helps keep ocean and climate in balance by absorbing nutrients and CO2 and producing oxygen.
The talk also looks at how seaweed can be cultivated both in the sea and on land, and at its potential for sustainable solutions in climate, biodiversity and future food. The evening ends with a tasting, giving a taste of the seaweed food future. This is an updated version of a lecture first given in autumn 2020, and it is streamed live as part of the public science lecture series Offentlige foredrag i Naturvidenskab.
