A report concludes that blooms of toxic cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, are a poorly monitored and underappreciated risk to recreational and drinking water quality in the United States,... Read more
In one of the first studies to examine the potential for using municipal wastewater as a feedstock for algae-based biofuels, Rice University scientists found they could easily grow high-valu... Read more
“This patch of ocean fixes about as much carbon as an equivalent patch of rainforest and then almost immediately turns much of it over” Algae might seem easy to ignore, but they... Read more
A new study on the feeding habits of ocean microbes calls into question the potential use of algal blooms to trap carbon dioxide and offset rising global levels. These blooms contain iron-ea... Read more
A new robotic sensor deployed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Gulf of Maine coastal waters may transform the way red tides or harmful algal blooms (HABs) are monitored and... Read more
There’s a lot of hype and speculation about algae as a biofuel source Algae are high on the genetic engineering agenda as a potential source for biofuel, and they should be subjected to inde... Read more