Seaweed forms underwater forests that support marine life and help regulate the climate. This talk asks what seaweed actually is, since it is not a plant but an alga, and how it differs from plants and animals.
The lecture also looks at how seaweed is grown both in the sea and on land, and at the sustainable solutions it may offer for climate, biodiversity and future food. The evening ends with a taste of the seaweed flavour universe.
This is an updated version of a lecture first given in autumn 2020. It is part of the public science lecture series from Aarhus University, held in cooperation with local hosts across Denmark and supported by the Carlsberg Foundation.
