Seaweed, solution of global warming? by Ivana Bruderova

For somebody only disgusting green stuff bothering them while swimming, for others way how to save our planet. In these days the world's largest conference about climate changes continuous in Bali. The scientist are dealing with many topics, the number one is considered to be the topic how to use natural resources to move carbon from the air. For this, seaweed can be used. In the seaweed research are leaders Asian-Pacific countries, which are also the largest producers of these underworld plant. Seaweed are used to soups, salads and other traditional Japanese or Chinese foods. In the Asian-Pacific seas are situated 80 percent of global production of seaweed. A South Korean environmental scientist Chung Ik-kyo said: " The ocean's role is neglected, because we can't see the vegetation. But under the sea there is a lot of seaweed and sea grass that can take up carbon dioxide." While in the past, the most of the attention were put on the forests the seaweed scientist persuade, people should look to the sea where can be potential answer to such serious question as how to stem global warming undoubtedly is. "The oceans account for the 50 percent of all photosythesis of the earth," said John Beardall with Australia's Monash University. "These are very productive ecosystems, they are drawing down a lot of carbon," he said. As everything, this concept has a problem. Opponents say trees are effective for carbon storage due to their long life. Seaweed are growing very fast but it doesn't have very long life. We can talk just about months. Moreover, it is difficult to imagine how the rapid increase of seaweed production could influence other important industries such as fishing industry and other maritime activities.

by Ivana Bruderova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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