In the waters off Iwo Jima, a volcanic island in Japan’s Satsuma archipelago, the sea has a distinct green tint. It’s not ...

LCC’s Cyanobacteria Monitoring Team includes from left to right: Lindsey Carlson, Water and Science Program Coordinator; ...

Everyone is familiar with the light dome that shows from afar where cities are brightly lit at night. Artificial light that ...

Whatcom County Health and Community Services is asking the public to weigh in on a draft plan to help mitigate the issue of chronic, harmful algae blooms on Wiser Lake south of Lynden. For years, ...

CELINA - In just a few weeks, area treatment trains that filter out nutrients responsible for toxic blue-green algal blooms in Grand Lake will be turned on, and officials are shooting for the stars i ...

People who have disrupted circadian rhythms suffer all kinds of negative effects, including higher rates of obesity, sleep ...

Light pollution, which illuminates the night sky, promotes the growth of cyanobacteria and stimulates metabolic processes in lakes. This is shown by ...

Scientists have spent decades genetically modifying the bacterium Escherichia coli and other microbes to convert carbon dioxide into useful biological products. Most methods require additional carbon ...

Scientists have revived 7,000-year-old algae from Baltic Sea sediments, pushing the limits of resurrection ecology.

Scientists hope hungry black weevils imported from Louisiana can help tackle South Africa's invasive water plant problem.

Commonly referred to as a superfood, spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) is a type of cyanobacteria also known as blue-green algae. This type of algae gains nutrients from the sunlight and can grow ...

A harmful algal bloom occurs when algae grow at a rapid rate in a body of water. The algae may produce toxins, which can harm marine ecosystems and, in some cases, humans. "Over the last four ...