Inside the lab of the Bay Area-based startup Sway, a sample of a thin piece of transparent material looks like the plastic typically used in shopping bags and wrappers. Another sample, green and ...

Wow, what a difference a week makes! Last week my yard was full of nutrients and now after almost six inches of rain, totally stripped of nutrients. Where I live, Dec. 17 was mainly a rain event ...

Farmers and gardeners have used seaweed as mulch and fertilizer for centuries, and Mainers are lucky to have a free, abundant supply dumped on their shores year-round. The stuff brims with ...

Unable to afford fertilizer back in the Azores, Raymond Xavier's great-grandfather would gather seaweed and plow it into the ground. The family later made its way to Providence, where Xavier's ...

Composting is a crucial part of gardening, allowing you to reuse materials that would otherwise be thrown away. It is used to amend the soil in your garden and add plant nutrients, helping crops, ...

It’s being reimagined as a plastic substitute, even as cattle feed. But can seaweed thrive in a warming world? Climate correspondent Somini Sengupta reported from South Korea with photographer Chang W ...