Europe's water bodies are in poor condition: more than half of them are heavily polluted with chemicals. This is hardly surprising—every day, up to 70,000 different chemicals are used in Europe's ...

The significant advantage is that algae are a renewable resource and can be cultivated with minimal energy input – unlike the commonly used filter material, activated carbon. The researchers are now ...

In the winter, Lake Mendota is covered in ice, but when this thaws in summer, it’s engulfed by algae. These cyclical shifts ...

What we see as waste can become a valuable resource that creates cleaner water and greener energy,' says researcher.

While humans wouldn’t be very happy to find that organisms were growing on their skin, particularly fungi, algae, and insects, it works out pretty well for sloths. Sloths may be hosting entire ...

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The research team offers a fresh perspective on the role that a unique group of microscopic algae play in carbon sequestration – the natural storage of carbon in the ocean. Microscopic algae known as ...

Red tide is caused by high concentrations of a toxin-producing microscopic algae, called K. brevis, that is found in the Gulf of Mexico. Red tide typically forms naturally offshore, commonly in ...

Red tide is caused by high concentrations of a toxin-producing microscopic algae, called K. brevis, that is found in the Gulf of Mexico. Tests conducted Jan. 2 at the popular Collier County ...

Red tide is caused by high concentrations of a toxin-producing dinoflagellate called Karenia brevis (K. brevis), a type of microscopic algae found in the Gulf of Mexico. Red tide typically forms ...

A “glowing” algae has sprung up along the coast of one Aussie state – but the truth behind this natural light show is a lot darker than it appears. The algae – formally known as Noctiluca ...