Algae
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 origina...
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Algae
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 plac...
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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 ...
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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-s...
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The latest round of tests show that a toxic algae bloom on Geist Reservoir continues with little change in the toxin's levels in the lake, a state health official said.Test results received late Fr...
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NASA scientists are teaming with researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to monitor Lake Erie's harmful algae blooms, a move that could lead to early warnings for beach...
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When runaway algae killed fish and fouled beaches in the Great Lakes region decades ago, governments ordered cutbacks of phosphorus _ a key algae nutrient _ from laundry detergents and sewage treat...
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A bloom of ocean algae that produces a toxic acid has sickened and killed birds, sea lions and dolphins in California, and could threaten humans who eat seafood, environmentalists said.Birds and an...
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It looks like a clump of soiled sheep's wool, a cottony green or white mass that's turning up on rocks and river bottoms, snarling waterways. Already a scourge in New Zealand and parts of the Ameri...
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A bloom of ocean algae that produces a toxic acid has sickened and killed hundreds of birds, sea lions and dolphins in California, environmentalists said.Birds and animals have been washing up on s...
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A bloom of ocean algae that produces a toxic acid has sickened and killed hundreds of birds, sea lions and dolphins in California, environmentalists said.Birds and animals have been washing up on s...
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A burst of brown algae bloomed over portions of the Elizabeth and Lafayette rivers in the Hampton Roads region _ a so-called "mahogany tide" that can have lethal consequences for fish and shellfish...
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