You are going to lose that bet because it is the fastest growing seaweed in the world.

@@dutchymon doubt it humans have a way of f*+king things up real well

The French are using it in Guadalupe for the methane in their power plant

Lol, so true. It's all about $$

Sargassum (F. Sargassaceae) is an important seaweed excessively distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. Different species of Sargassum have folk applications in human nutrition and are considered a rich source of vitamins, carotenoids, proteins, and minerals. Many bioactive chemical compounds that are classified as terpenoids, sterols, sulfated polysaccharides, polyphenols, sargaquinoic acids, sargachromenol, and pheophytin were isolated from different Sargassum species. These isolated compounds and/or extracts exhibit diverse biological activities, including analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, neuroprotective, anti-microbial, anti-tumor, fibrinolytic, immune-modulatory, anticoagulant, hepatoprotective, and anti-viral activities.[7]The Florida Keys and mainland South Florida are well known for the high levels of Sargassum covering their shores. Sargassum or gulfweed was observed by Columbus. Although the seaweed acquired a legendary reputation for covering the entirety of the Sargasso Sea, making navigation impossible,[4] it has since been found to occur only in drifts.[5]en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargassum

do you have any links to some of these benefits?

Is this before or after heavy toxic metals are removed from the sargassum ?

@@lhaaa1059 "these isolated compounds" after

I find it strange that they are doing everything EXCEPT looking at the root cause of the problem in order to find the solution. Stop chopping down the rain forest to plant GMO-SOY, of all things! stop with the out of date and backwards, toxic, and industrial-based agriculture which is only destroying the planet. There are healthy, sustainable and environmentally friendly agriculture methods that need to replace toxic and un-sustainable industrial-based agriculture! The rain forest needs to be protected and preserved, not slashed and burned out of existence, only to produce a few years of farming, because the soil is not conducive to long-term agriculture, and then it's useless.

Cool idea. But from my point of view those algae are just saacking Up all the shit we throw to the sea and making sure It doesn't harm other life in the sea.

@@Hansulf If there are heavy metals trapped in the carbon char that is the best way to deal with them. Charcoal or char takes a very long time to break down as basically nothing "eats" it, but the seaweed itself will get recycled pretty quickly otherwise and that will cause the heavy metals to accumulate in other lifeforms and move up the food chain.

i dont get how you're going to bury charcoal under the ocean.

@@kayboy6055 Perhaps if you study engineering and science the world would make more sense to you?

It's not important at all. It's not even one drop in the oil bucket.

@@A3Kr0n What's not important? Restoring ecosystems or sustainable local incomes or both?

There are countries that will have no choice. I've seen the awful mess it leaves and the smell is horrid. Belize and Mexico, to name two countries, are having a significant problem with it. The beaches are covered in feet of it and requires daily removal.

@@samsmom1491 Tx for the info. It can get really difficult when an ecosystem is out of balance as this often has far-reaching multiple impacts. The short-term "solution" is to harvest it, but the long-term goal would be to restore ecosystems & manage irreversible changes. The global commercial seaweed industry is worth about USD 10 billion and expected to grow significantly. Seaweed / kelp is a very useful commodity used in many industries - it's a very versatile product.

It's worth watching the film - the problem (with specifically Sargassum) is the Arsenic.

Like using it as plant ferilizer or in reforestation efforts. Not putting it back into the ocean

Burning anything produces CO2 or NOx, so technically yes. But would it be any worse than firewood? Probably not. The unfortunate part is the US government hates anyone using natural fires because of the emissions. Yet we are still backing cobalt mining at an alarming rate!

@@Coolblaster6 We don't want to be bringing this on land in large scale quantities, including as synthetic fire logs. The heavy metals that Sargassum absorbs would accumulate on land if we did this instead of remaining at sea where it formed. Its just a mass balance. If you burned it, you would effectively concentrate arsenic over time in the location it was combusted.

But fish live in among the seaweed !

@@Cingearth yes and thats beautiful, but the overgroth is not only affecting the scenery but the fishes aswell; due to the chemicals that it contains, this is why most of it can't be eaten.

It has arsenic within the cells. That can't be removed easily. It makes use cases as compost or food non-starters

@@syawkcab And this is why I hope that a solution to clear it of any harmful chemical it's found so that it can be use a such rather than just left there which that of itself affects both the environment, the people that live near, reasources, the scenery and the economy.

It has always been in the Atlantic Ocean. There used to be 100 times more of it, but Pollution and do gooders have poisoned and damaged the its natural environment, causing it to break up in mats that drift on the current from the SARGASSUM SEA to the Caribbean and Eastern Atlantic. This is not overgrowth but rather a reflection of the damage we have done.

It'll help with the food shortages because of the lack of rotational crops in the agricultural fields destroying the soil underneath

I thought they ruled that out in the video? It has arsenic that can leech into the soil and water table.

@elanastocker I think the video stated if it's left in open air it releases sulfur dioxide which is toxic to whomever breathes it

Its toxic,unfortunately.( Arsenic) Also it smells repulsive when it decays, putting methane into the atmosphere.

​@@elanastocker Whoever cane up with the arsenic bullshit probably works for monsanto and doesnt want competition.

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I wonder if it would grow in the Pacific ocean.

The term invasive also applies to native species that become harmful to their own environment because they’ve spread prolifically or undesirably, usually because of human alterations to their eco system.

with the hope that by then someone will know how to deal with it maybe, the same humans are dealing with our produced radioactive waste, sure feels like that.

It contains arsenic apparently though

Let’s get some to Ohio

didn't you actually watch the video and listen to the scientists? It's loaded with ARSENIC and other heavy metals, likely MERCURY too. It's not edible!

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How?

Yeah, the ecosystem in the ocean is going to be affected, the water is warm. Goodbye ecosystem goodbye earth😢

We can

Unfortunately nature has NOTHING to do with this

This isn't "nature" playing out. This is *caused* by humans and human agriculture. We need to find a solution to limit the ecological impact of our activities

They eat it in Japan all the time. It's a major component in traditional Asian medicine as well. Multiple health benefits. Packed with nutrients 😋👍

@@frances4797 oh i just did a quick google search.. it is in fact edible..and it's naturally yellow ?

@@theeraphatsunthornwit6266 It's a translucent light green, may appear yellowish. We used to pop the bulbs as little kids on the beach. It made a fun noise lol. The longer it sits in the sun, the darker the color becomes. Brown, to dark green, to black

@@frances4797 do you think all of them in the video is still edible? So, whole bunch of them in the video could sell for quite some money?