Can trees control algal blooms?
Griffith University researchers have shown that leaf litter can play an important role in controlling algal blooms.
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Biggest bloom: 'world's largest' flower spotted in Indonesia
Indonesian conservationists say they've spotted the biggest specimen ever of what's already been billed as one of the world's largest flowers.
Plants & Animals
Jan 3, 2020
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California coastal waters rising in acidity at alarming rate, study finds
Waters off the California coast are acidifying twice as fast as the global average, scientists found, threatening major fisheries and sounding the alarm that the ocean can absorb only so much more of the world's carbon emissions.
Environment
Dec 17, 2019
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Image: Baltic blooms
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the green algae blooms swirling around the Baltic Sea.
Environment
Dec 13, 2019
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Expert discusses the harms of algal blooms
When dying birds and sea lions wash up by the dozens on Southern California beaches, David Caron's phone starts ringing.
Environment
Dec 4, 2019
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Health threat from blue-green blooms extends beyond single toxin
As blue-green algae proliferates around the world, a University of Saskatchewan (USask) researcher cautions that current municipal drinking water monitoring that focuses on a single toxin associated with the cyanobacteria ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 19, 2019
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Image: Copernicus Sentinel-2 captures eutrophic Lake Tai, China
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Lake Tai, the third largest freshwater lake in China. The lake, also known as Lake Taihu, is located in the Jiangsu province and is approximately 70 km long and 60 km wide, ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 15, 2019
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Evolution can reconfigure gene networks to deal with environmental change
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have unravelled the genetic mechanisms behind tiny waterfleas' ability to adapt to increased levels of phosphorus pollution in lakes.
Evolution
Nov 13, 2019
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Scientist sheds light on complexity of biodiversity loss
Two-thirds of America's bird species are threatened with extinction, according to the National Audubon Society. Many other studies show similar declines in mammals, insect and fish species across the globe.
Ecology
Nov 5, 2019
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Research reveals harmful algal blooms' daily cycles
In new NSF-funded research, scientists at the Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health show that, as in the rest of life, timing is everything. Published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, their recent ...
Ecology
Oct 22, 2019
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