https://cleantechnica.com/2025/11/26/a-phyto-finish-could-seaweed-be-mined-for-critical-minerals/amp/ Seaweed: the phyto(mining) frontier? Puns aside, seaweed is emerging as a surprising mining source. NREL chemist Stefanie Van Wychen and a team of five departed Juneau, Alaska, on an early spring—and surprisingly green—April morning. The crew flew to Ketchikan, a city known for its “feisty salmon,” glacier-shaped wilderness, and snaking waterways. Then they boarded a worthy s
