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Seeing the photos from the record-breaking algal bloom on Lake Erie in 2011 was like déjà vu for me. I grew up in the Great Lakes region in the 1960s and 1970s and remember the days when Lake Erie was declared “dead.” I later learned that the green scum that plagued the lake during summer…
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Meet the microscopic moocher Prymnesium parvum, a strain of algae that freeloads on its kin without putting in any effort, a new study says.
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From feeding fish to building up coral reefs, see why humble algae are actually the unsung heroes of the undersea world.
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The first time I dived at the remote Kingman Reef, in 2005, I thought I found paradise. When I returned in 2007, I thought I had entered the dark land of Mordor.
Posted by The summer of 2010 is shaping up as one with some of the warmest water temperatures ever for the world’s largest lake, according to researchers at the Large Lakes Observatory (LLO) of the University of Minnesota Duluth. “As always, changing water temperatures in Lake Superior have a wide range of implications, from the productivity of…
Vanilla Algae Cone With Sprinkles, Please
Posted by Amy Bucci of NG Staff on May 1, 2010 Laurencia algae—manatee and turtle grass If you like ice cream, well, you probably like algae. Substances called carrageenans extracted from several types of seaweed (a subset of the world’s algae) thicken and stabilize some popular ice creams and give them their gelatinous texture. Who knew? Algal extracts are also mainstay ingredients in toothpastes, in shampoos…
Biscayne National Park–While many of us have been gawking at the crabs, anoles, and sea birds–and others have been paddling their way over coral reefs admiring the fish–some scientists at the bioblitz are quite animated by the algae. At last count, about 20 species of algae may have been been identified, many of them new to the park’s list of…
