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Seaweed

Omar Vazquez Sanchez stands in the doorway of a home built from blocks made of seaweed.

In Cancun, this man is turning seaweed trash into natural-building treasures

Environment

A brown seaweed called sargassum is washing up on Cancun beaches, threatening the region’s efforts to recover its tourism. Local resident Omar Vazquez Sanchez got the idea to transform the seaweed into “sargablocks,” what he calls a small solution to a big problem. 

Aquacultures of red algae define this beach in Zanzibar.

As the seaweed industry booms, how can we farm seaweed more sustainably?

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Riviera Seaweed Infestation

The Need for Seaweed

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