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Move over, corn and soybeans: The next biofuel source could be giant sea kelp

  • Written by Diane Kim, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Senior Scientist, USC Wrigley Institute, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Move over, corn and soybeans: The next biofuel source could be giant sea kelpGiant kelp (_Macrocystis pyrifera_) is a potential energy crop.Linking Tourism & Conservation/Flickr, CC BY

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Giant kelp, the world’s largest species of marine algae, is an attractive source for making biofuels. In a recent study, we tested a novel strategy for...

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