Kodiak Kelp Fest is underway at various locations around town. The festival is meant to introduce Kodiak to kelp’s economic ...

Kelp is rich in umami; the fifth lesser known taste alongside sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. Umami gives food a savory or meaty flavor. Seaweed contains ten times as many minerals as plants grown ...

Pieces of kelp drift down onto the reef like falling leaves in a forest, delivering food directly to the urchins in their shelters. Kelp thrives where cold, nutrient-rich water wells up along the ...

Just offshore, thick kelp stalks reached up from under the surface, connected to bulb-shaped heads and slick, hairlike fronds that swayed in the current, like kite tails. “As a tribal fisherman ...

Growing kelp for human consumption requires the plants meet certain food safety standards. But industrial applications — like those Qiao is developing — could utilize lower-quality kelp ...

While kelp forests persist along northern Maine's rocky coast, kelp abundance has declined by as much as 80% on the southern ...