This is how seaweed farming can hurt the environment. #seaweed #farming #environment

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[thesciencelair]

the problem isn't the seaweed, it's the bloated monocultures!!! like the video said, we can grow seaweed in a way that helps heal ecosystems, as long as it's done on a small scale and not in giant solid mats. The issues come from the way it's grown - spreading disease and altering climates are the consequences of this style of farming no matter what's being grown. Please try to listen and not be dismissive or pessimistic about this. "Everything we do hurts the environment" doesn't help anyone and it feels more like a convenient way to ignore problems and their solutions than anything well-meaning.

[jm]

Yeah, the same thing happens for regular farming. It’s a solvable issue. Stop trying to fear monger.

[prettybueno]

I swear, if Business Insider was around in the 1500s they’d say potatoes were unviable because of blight.
HUGE surprise that growing crops with terrible tending and spacing practices leads to bad crops.

[helenjohnson]

Like everything else, sustainably grown and harvested sea vegetables are much more expensive. But a little goes a long way. Know your products and their sources.

[Lukavichiano]

"Studies showed the disease spread easily between rafts that were placed too close together."

Yeah, no shit.

[TheFakeyCakeMaker]

Could.
Could.

Let's understand those words.

[sophroniel]

there are so many bad things that come from regular agriculture I think worrying about the tiny amount of seaweed farming (when compared to the enormity of the oceans) is negligible and shouldn't be of concern to anyone.

Monocropping and destruction of virigin rainforests across the world are, however, much more worthy causes for concern.

[iivin]

We're gonna have to start building our own environments from scratch if we want to avoid altering these natural ones that we have found.

[koholohan]

Seaweed farming is one of those things that will save the world.

[Antifag]

I think it's impossible to do any large scale farming of any kind without there being some level of environmental disruption. That's not to say we should totally disregard the environmental impact but rather should remain mindful that's it's to some degree unavoidable.

[frickfran]

Seaweed is incredibly sustainable if farmed in the right way. Sounds like ‘experts’ just want to get paid more

[RaeezTheDeadPoet™]

If you take all the seaweed, whats gonna happen to the stone(r)fish 😢

[ldbll]

The seashore around Worthing, Sussex used to be covered in seaweed and Climping, just along the coast used to have deep, sandy dunes. Since dredging the Channel to allow for bigger ships, the seaweed has gone, along with the inshore fish and the sandy dunes. There is severe coastal errosion and the beach has to be annually replenished with lorryloads of pebbles.

[crapizio]

Great work as always! Please credit your video/image/audio sources with links in the description and/or a pinned comment.

[IberianCraftsman]

seaweed releases spores that feed the microplancton, basically the larvae of crabs, fish and all kinds of animals, its the start of the foodchain.

[dictatorjames]

Next thing you know they're gonna be like " Walking is good because it reduces carbon emissions from vehicles, but scientists warn that large increases in walking could desturb the environment by increasing the death of insects underfoot."

At this point, lets just stop leaving our houses, eating and drinking. That way we can all die and these "experts" can finally be happy

[TheKitsuneOnihane]

People need to stop using "decimate." There's other great words for "lots of destruction." However, reports I found reported losses of 15% between 2012 and 2013, so well done.

[Lavafish]

The top comment about monocultures needs this echo and more. Just like we rotate our crops or even better grow them together in symbiosis on land we can do the same in the sea

[amadiohastruck]

Everything hurts the environment. Even the environment hurts the environment.

[oppertunist-trader]

People prefer the land version of this planet. It's medicinal.