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USC study shows promising potential for giant-kelp-based biofuel with depth-cycling approach

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Beginning in 2019, research divers collected kelp from the wild, affixed it to the kelp elevator and then deployed it off the northwest shore of Catalina Island, near Wrigley’s marine field station. million federal grant to cover the cost of the USC Wrigley Institute study. The study authors include Ignacio A. Reed, David W.

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