Plants may have a single ancestor
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international group of scientists has analyzed the DNA of primitive microscopic algae, and their findings suggest that all plants on Earth may have had a single ancestor.
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Hard to swallow: Coral cells seen engulfing algae for first time
In a world-first, scientists in Japan have observed individual stony coral cells engulfing single-celled, photosynthetic algae.
Plants & Animals
Jul 14, 2021
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Damage wrought by acidic oceans hurts more than marine life, lasts longer than
A milky white cloud blooms in the Barents Sea, so vast it can be seen from space.
Environment
Jul 11, 2016
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Do oceans absorb more CO2 than expected?
Phytoplankton need light and nutrients to grow. The microscopic algae rarely find both at the same time in sufficient quantities in the ocean. In the upper water layers, they usually lack nutrients, and further down, they ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 3, 2022
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Scientists find 'man's remotest relative' in lake sludge
After two decades of examining a microscopic algae-eater that lives in a lake in Norway, scientists on Thursday declared it to be one of the world's oldest living organisms and man's remotest relative.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 26, 2012
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Pollution-fighting algae: Algae species holds potential for dual role as pollution reducer, biofuel source
(Phys.org) —A hardy algae species is showing promise in both reducing power plant pollution and making biofuel, based on new research at the University of Delaware.
Biotechnology
Jun 28, 2013
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Accelerated warming has pushed North America's deepest lake across important ecological thresholds
A team of researchers from Queen's University and Environment and Climate Change Canada have shown that accelerated 21st-century warming has triggered a striking shift in algal composition in the Great Slave Lake, North America's ...
Ecology
Sep 21, 2023
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Israeli scientists produce energy from plants
Israeli scientists say they have produced hydrogen from plants in a development that they hope could eventually lead to using vegetation to produce electricity.
Biotechnology
Jun 11, 2020
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Calcifying microalgae are witnesses of increasing ocean acidification
For the first time researchers have examined on a global scale how calcified algae in their natural habitat react to increasing acidification due to higher marine uptake of carbon dioxide. In the current issue of the magazine ...
Environment
Aug 3, 2011
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Spanish scientists search for fuel of the future
In a forest of tubes eight metres high in eastern Spain scientists hope they have found the fuel of tomorrow: bio-oil produced with algae mixed with carbon dioxide from a factory.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 31, 2011
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