News tagged with toxic algae
Powered by seaweed: Polymer from algae may improve battery performance
(PhysOrg.com) -- By looking to Mother Nature for solutions, researchers have identified a promising new binder material for lithium-ion battery electrodes that not only could boost energy storage, but also ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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World phosphorous use crosses critical threshold
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recalculating the global use of phosphorous, a fertilizer linchpin of modern agriculture, a team of researchers warns that the world's stocks may soon be in short supply and that overuse in the industrialized ...
Feb 14, 2011 |
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UT biosolar breakthrough promises cheap, easy green electricity
Barry D. Bruce, professor of biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is turning the term "power plant" on its head. The biochemist and a team of researchers have developed ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Researchers model potential of toxic algae photoreceptors
Blue-green algae is causing havoc in Midwestern lakes saturated with agricultural run-off, but researchers in a northwest Ohio lab are using supercomputers to study a closely related strain of the toxic cyanobacteria ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
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How do green algae react to carbon nanotubes?
Nanoparticles such as carbon nanotubes (CNT), which are found in an ever-increasing number of products, are ending up more and more frequently in our surroundings. If and how they affect aquatic ecosystems ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 04, 2011 |
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Scientists find toxic algae in open ocean, botching idea for fighting global warming
Blooms of toxic algae can occur in the open ocean, a team led by University of California-Santa Cruz and Moss Landing Marine Lab scientists reported last week.
Nov 18, 2010 |
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Climate change could impact on polar ecosystems
Polar ecosystems could be at risk from the spread of toxic cyanobacteria if the climate continues to warm, say scientists.
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Researchers report potential for a 'moderate' New England 'red tide' in 2012
New England is expected to experience a "moderate" regional "red tide" this spring and summer, report NOAA-funded scientists working in the Gulf of Maine to study the toxic algae that causes the bloom. The algae in the water ...
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Toxic red tides: Scientists track neurotoxin-producing algae
which can increase the amount of harmful toxins in the shellfish that California residents consume — ramping up in frequency and severity locally, scientists at USC have developed a new algae monitoring method in hopes ...
Sep 30, 2011 |
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Nitrogen fertilizers' impact on lawn soils
Nitrogen fertilizers from farm fields often end up in aquatic ecosystems, resulting in water quality problems, such as toxic algae and underwater 'dead zones'. There are concerns that fertilizers used on lawns may also contribute ...
Nov 04, 2011 |
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Climate change effect on California delta is detailed in new study
California's water problems and the ecological pressure on the West Coast's largest estuary will intensify in a warming world, according to a first-of-its-kind scientific study.
Nov 03, 2011 |
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'Moderately Large' Potential for Spring, Summer Red Tide Outbreak in Gulf of Maine
(PhysOrg.com) -- The potential for an outbreak of the phenomenon called "red tide" is expected to be moderately large this spring and summer, according to researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ...
Apr 22, 2009 |
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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
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Tons of dead fish pulled from California marina
It could take a week - and the smell could get pretty bad - before crews manage to scoop and vacuum up tons of dead sardines from a Southern California marina. ...
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Researchers report potential for a moderate New England 'Red Tide' in 2011
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the NOAA-funded Gulf of Maine Toxicity (GOMTOX) project issued an outlook for a moderate regional bloom of a toxic alga that can cause ‘red tides’ in the spring and ...
Apr 11, 2011 |
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