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Oceans of opportunity: How seaweed can help fight climate change

Seaweed farmer Jean-Marie Pédron poses to present the edible seaweed Breton Kombu on March 18, 2021 at his sea farm "Les Jardins de la Mer" in Le Croisic, western France. © Loïc Venance, AFP

It’s a nutritional food source, an alternative to plastic, has medicinal properties and can help limit global warming: Marine algae might just be the next weapon in the fight against climate change.

This article was originally published on February 8, 2022, during the One Ocean Summit in the northern French town of Brest. FRANCE 24 is republishing it on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, on the occasion of World Oceans Day.

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