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 raised fresh concerns over the deteriorating state of Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest freshwater lake, which is turning visibly green due to high chemical concentrations.A study 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 hope hungry black weevils imported from Louisiana can help tackle South Africa's invasive water plant problem.

The country’s lakes and reservoirs are increasingly choked by blooms of toxic cyanobacteria – commonly known as blue-green algae – making masses of water untreatable for household use.

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 ...

Yes,even cookie dough whiskey. Blue-green algae has never been a food on my radar. But it turns out dried cyanobacteria both looks lovely and is packed with protein and amino acids and other ...