Wool rope could help cut marine plastic pollution and boost sheep farmer's incomes, scientists say.
Researchers say wool could replace plastic rope in seaweed farms.
A team at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester discovered whole ecosystems on the wool when left underwater.Wool rope could also provide new income for sheep farmers, the researchers said.Experts found the seaweed had grown well and had also attracted other marine creatures such as isopods - which are crustaceans.
Kate Drury, of RAU, told BBC West: "It was like wow, you've actually got the seaweed but it actually creates its own ecosystem as well."Ms Drury, PhD student, said: "Seaweed also locks up nitrogen, so if you have really high nitrate fouled water from fertiliser and other industries, then that's collecting that nitrogen.
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