Special To Palm Beach Daily News
Seaweed Greens: Regenerating Gardens, One Plant At A Time
7 July 2025
Key Points
- The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is forecast to be a nuisance of record-breaking proportions this year.
- Sargassum is washing ashore on Caribbean and U.S. beaches, including Palm Beach.
- Sargassum can contain arsenic, heavy metals, organic contaminants, and marine debris.
- Seaweed Greens has developed soil-enhancing products from sargassum that could help protect coastal ecosystems.
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, a thick mass of leafy, floating seaweed stretching across thousands of miles of ocean, is forecast to be a nuisance of record-breaking proportions this year.
Sargassum contains high levels of arsenic and heavy metals, organic contaminants, and marine debris. When it dries, it releases hydrogen sulfide, a gas that smells like rotten eggs and can cause respiratory problems.
Seaweed Greens has discovered how to remove these pollutants and turn sargassum into high-quality organic fertilizer and regenerative products.
