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Sea plant that could save the world
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by Paul Conneally | July 10, 2008 at 01:37 pm
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Salicorn is a delicacy in France, grown in the salt marshes and sold pickled in jars. Now an American atmospheric physicist claims it could play a huge part in tackling the world's environmental problems.
The crop is salicornia. It is nourished by seawater flowing from a man-made canal. And if you believe the American who is farming it, this incongruous swath of green has the potential to feed the world, fuel our vehicles and slow global warming.
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at 13:42 on July 10th, 2008
LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 13:58 on July 10th, 2008
Now if the plant could somehow digest all the platic in the Pacific gyre.......
at 14:30 on July 10th, 2008
that would be some plant - more and more turtles are being found with plastic bags inside their guts - mistaking plastic bags for jellyfish...
at 23:24 on July 10th, 2008
LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff. Taste good to!
at 16:14 on July 11th, 2008
LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 22:08 on July 11th, 2008
This little plant grows in abundancy at our North and south-west coast here in the Netherlands. There is only one person officially allowed to gather these plants for restaurants and markets.
It is supposed to be a delicacy, but I never ate it
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at 23:52 on July 11th, 2008
at 03:19 on July 12th, 2008
No news really just on holiday and took photo in John Muir Country Park in Borders new Dunbar in Scotland
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at 18:25 on July 13th, 2008
I believe that all three of these photos were taken at the Grulla NWR. You should have an expert check my identification to species before publication (I'm not an expert at salicornia identification).
Jerry
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