Seaweed has been this community's main source of income for 15 years — now climate change is destroying that.<br />» Subscribe to NowThis Earth: https://go.nowth.is/Earth_Subscribe<br />» Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/KnowThis<br /><br />Seaweed is cultivated in the brackish water of Latonro village in Indonesia; it's been the community's main source of income for 15 years. But residents say that over the past 6 years, the number of annual harvests has decreased with increased rainfall. Excessive rain causes the water's salinity to decrease, which inhibits the community's ability to grow and harvest seaweed.<br /><br />#Seaweed #ClimateChange #Indonesia #Earth #Environment #Science #NowThis
