Ancient Algae, Modern Lessons Roughly 14,000 years ago, during the end of the last Ice Age, massive blooms of the algae Phaeocystis thrived in the Southern Ocean. These blooms absorbed large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere, significantly slowing global warming at a time when Earth’s climate was…
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Chitose plans to operate 10 mln hectares of microalgae production facilities
Chitose Group, with its operations in Japan, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand and Vietnam, planned to produce a wide range of products for commercial use, such as chemicals, cosmetics, fuels, feeds and foods using microalgal biomass.
Continue ReadingPalm oil sector faces hurdles as labour shortages, low replanting rates persist – BMI
Ongoing labour shortages in Malaysia’s palm oil industry are expected to persist in the short and medium term, given the sector’s heavy dependence on foreign workers who account for around 80% of the workforce
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