The algae are an extensive group of plants, which show a great diversity in their range of forms. Some taxonomists consider them to be a separate division in the plant kingdom, while others place them at a lower rank of classification, labeling them as...

These include all unicellular and multicellular microscopic plants which carry out true photosynthesis. Algae are autotrophic and utilize inorganic compounds for production of protoplasm. Carbon dioxide is the carbon source and ammonia, nitrite or...

Scientists' concepts of which organisms should be termed algae (alga, singular; algae, plural; algal, adjective) have changed radically over the past two centuries. The term algae originally referred to almost all aquatic, photosynthetic...

For the programming language, see algae (programming...

IT'S ANCIENT, SLIMY AND COULD BE YOUR KEY TO GOOD HEALTH When you think of algae, pond scum probably comes to mind. But believe it or not, this 3.5-billionyear-old life form may do some miraculous things. Preliminary reports claim that it can help...

The study of algae offers many opportunities to integrate topics into any school curriculum. Science, mathematics, social studies, language arts, and art can be incorporated in the investigation of algae. For example, harmful algal blooms are relevant to both coastal economics and ecosystem...

A city in northeastern China has been forced to take emergency measures to deal with an outbreak of blue-green algae in a reservoir that provides water to the city, state media reported Monday.The algae outbreak in Changchun comes after similar problems in lakes in other...

China's environmental watchdog ordered factories polluting a scenic lake to stop production Tuesday, following an algae bloom that contaminated the drinking water supply for 2 million people.Foul-smelling blue-green algae on Lake Tai last month turned tap water yellow and smelly in Wuxi, a city on...