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Scientists Hope To Farm The Biofuel Of The Future In The Pacific Ocean

Kelp plants grow on a 30-foot-long, white PVC pole suspended in the water. If this is successful, instead of just one row, there would be a whole platform, hundreds of meters across and hundreds of meters deep, full of kelp plants. (Courtesy of David Ginsburg/Wrigley Institute)
Kelp plants grow on a 30-foot-long, white PVC pole suspended in the water. If this is successful, instead of just one row, there would be a whole platform, hundreds of meters across and hundreds of meters deep, full of kelp plants. (Courtesy of David Ginsburg/Wrigley Institute)

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