Kelp could be the new biofuel (IMAGE)

University of Southern California

Kelp could be the new biofuel

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A USC Wrigley Institute study finds that raising and lowering kelp boosts its growth four-fold. It's the next step toward growing it in the open ocean on giant "kelp elevators" to produce biofuel at commercial scale.

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Letty Avila

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