Mozambique: Seaweed Brings Local Benefits but May Not Save the Climate

Seaweed’s ability to suck huge quantities of carbon out of the air have been questioned, but there are other reasons to grow it.

With its low-lying 2,700 km-long coastline and vulnerability to tropical cyclones, Mozambique is on the frontlines of the climate crisis. In recent years, devastating storms, surge flooding, and droughts – made more intense and frequent by climate change – have affected thousands of people and killed hundreds in the southern African nation.

But could Mozambique also be…