News tagged with dinoflagellate

Algae and pollen grains provide evidence of remarkably warm period in Antarctica's history

For Sophie Warny, LSU assistant professor of geology and geophysics and curator at the LSU Museum of Natural Science, years of patience in analyzing Antarctic samples with low fossil recovery finally led to a scientific breakthrough. ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 2

Climate change causes harmful algal blooms in North Atlantic: study

Warming oceans and increases in windiness could be causing of an abundance of harmful algal blooms in the North Atlantic Ocean and North Sea, according to new research.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Explanation for glowing seas suggested

It has long been known that distinctive blue flashes -- a type of bioluminescence -- that are visible at night in some marine environments are caused by tiny, unicellular plankton known as dinoflagellates. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A possible aid for navigators: Research says microorganisms may create Pacific's 'underwater lightning'

Star charts, compasses, sextants, even dead reckoning. For centuries, sailors have used one or all of those to determine their position on the globe and to help them navigate from one place to another.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cause of mussel poisoning identified

The origin of the neurotoxin azaspiracid has finally been identified after a search for more than a decade. The azaspiracid toxin group can cause severe poisoning in human consumers of mussels after being ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0