A new study published by an international team of researchers ... closely related) as blue-green algae. The researchers simulated early Earth and how its primordial environment affected the color of ...

Algae on Greenland’s ice are spreading faster due to climate change. They store nutrients, darken ice, and speed up melting.

New research reveals that ice algae can store nutrients which may enable them to colonize more of the ice sheet, darkening and melting it.

Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of the ...

Pigmented algae are well adapted to grow on exposed ice in the Arctic as the snow line recedes, raising concerns of a ...

Giant clams, some of the largest mollusks on Earth, have long fascinated ... Instead, they rely largely on energy produced by algae living inside them. In a new study led by CU Boulder, scientists ...

In addition, "many of the natural resources we use today came from extremophile bacteria and algae in the deep past," said New Scientist. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News ...

Researchers say chlorine in combination with ultraviolet light works to degrade deadly toxins created by harmful algae blooms in drinking water.

Vancouver Island University’s lab has been developing methods to measure algae toxins for the past three years ...

Blue green algae can reproduce en masse in waters ... "Cyanotoxins are not a new phenomenon on Earth. In fact, there is speculation that dinosaurs, whose fossils were discovered near water sources ...