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BBC: From eyesore to asset: How a smelly seaweed could fuel cars [View all]
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czr71vpz4ypoFrom eyesore to asset: How a smelly seaweed could fuel cars
Gemma Handy Reporter
Reporting from St John’s, Antigua
When large swathes of invasive seaweed started washing up on Caribbean beaches in 2011, local residents were perplexed.
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Now, a pioneering group of Caribbean scientists and environmentalists hope to turn the tide on the problem by transforming the troublesome algae into a lucrative biofuel.
Sargassum has covered some of the most beautiful beaches in the Caribbean, such as this one in Antigua
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“Sargassum has been plaguing the region for several years,” Ms Spencer, who is from Antigua and Barbuda, explains. “I had always wondered about this new seaweed ruining the beaches in Antigua, and when I came to Barbados to study I noticed it here too.”
The algae do not just threaten tourism. They also pose a threat to human health through the hydrogen sulphide they release as they decomposes, along with native wildlife like critically endangered sea turtle hatchlings which get trapped in thick mats of beached seaweed.
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Gemma Handy Reporter
Reporting from St John’s, Antigua
When large swathes of invasive seaweed started washing up on Caribbean beaches in 2011, local residents were perplexed.
…
Now, a pioneering group of Caribbean scientists and environmentalists hope to turn the tide on the problem by transforming the troublesome algae into a lucrative biofuel.
Sargassum has covered some of the most beautiful beaches in the Caribbean, such as this one in Antigua
…
“Sargassum has been plaguing the region for several years,” Ms Spencer, who is from Antigua and Barbuda, explains. “I had always wondered about this new seaweed ruining the beaches in Antigua, and when I came to Barbados to study I noticed it here too.”
The algae do not just threaten tourism. They also pose a threat to human health through the hydrogen sulphide they release as they decomposes, along with native wildlife like critically endangered sea turtle hatchlings which get trapped in thick mats of beached seaweed.
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