A remote island in the Northern Territory is getting ready to farm native varieties of seaweed, including a sea grape “that bursts in your mouth like caviar”.
Chief executive Steve Westley said the remote community was excited about the opportunities.
"It has that popping sensation when you eat it and you get this explosion of salty flavours.
An ocean of flavours Dr Alex Campbell is a seaweed expert from the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) and said Australia’s edible seaweed industry was still in its infancy compared to other nations.
“There’s some really amazing seaweeds growing around Australia’s coast and lots of them don’t grow anywhere else in the world,” Dr Campbell said.
“I’m really excited about the sea grapes because, regardless of external markets, this could become something the community can harvest and consume, something that’s really healthy,” she said.
Dutch people be like “Arnhem is nowhere the sea, wtf?”
Also, this sounds amazing, both as a food and as a potential habitat. I’m curious how global-warming resistant this stuff is though.
I tried:
Changes in temperature and irradiance can affect the growth and physiology of Caulerpa lentillifera. Here is how these factors can impact this green alga:
It is important to note that these findings are based on limited available information. More research is needed to fully understand the effects of temperature and irradiance on Caulerpa lentillifera and its overall sensitivity to climate change.
Citations: [1] https://www.infona.pl/resource/bwmeta1.element.springer-6adb7557-716d-3e42-9350-afadbfafccff [2] https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Effect-of-temperature%2C-irradiance-on-the-growth-of-Guo-Yao/bd8e6e77a06409a4005a4d5b5d1827f1e9313b20 [3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6329336/ [4] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10811-014-0358-7 [5] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272018854_Effect_of_temperature_irradiance_on_the_growth_of_the_green_alga_Caulerpa_lentillifera_Bryopsidophyceae_Chlorophyta [6] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211926421001235
My dude even did citations. Respect
It’s an AI that sources itself. I still would have some doubt about it.
The food is really amazing. I used to eat it in Okinawan restaurants when I lived in Japan. Someone described it like vegan caviar which is pretty accurate.