Seaweed Mining

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 “Seaweed mining is emerging as an innovative method to extract rare earth elements (REEs) and platinum group metals (PGMs).

These are critical for high-tech applications like electric motors and green energy solutions.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is leading the charge.

They are investing $5 million in projects that investigate seaweed’s potential as a sustainable alternative to traditional mining.

At the forefront of this research are institutions like the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.” (Rio Times)

Seaweed mining what the heck is it! And why am I talking about it? Because it’s buzzing- and it’s new and possibly the newest source for our rarest minerals-

On top of this they are pushing seaweed as a food source to feed the world:


A “seaweed manifesto,” edited by Doumeizel and published in 2020, is an urgent call for that to change. The Safe Seaweed Coalition estimates that seaweed—high in much-needed protein and nutrients—could add 10 percent to the world’s present supply of food using just 0.03 percent of the ocean surface. One recent study concluded that substituting 10 percent of human food with seaweed by 2050 could also spare 110 million hectares of land for purposes other than agriculture—like staying wild. That’s about two percent of all the land used for agriculture today, or an area the size of Bolivia.


https://hakaimagazine.com/features/banking-on-the-seaweed-rush/

Keep your ear to the ground about seaweed mining and report back! 

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