While an abundance of parasites might seem like a bad thing, their absence actually signals trouble in the environment.

Could the artificial introduction of oxygen revitalise dying coastal waters? While oxygenation approaches have already been proven successful in lakes, their potential side effects must be carefully ...

Some red algae exhibit structural color that gives their growth tips a blue hue and the rest of their bodies including their ...

The sustainable aviation fuel market is estimated at USD 2.06 billion in 2025. It is projected to reach USD 25.62 billion by ...

The world's rainbow reefs have gone ghostly white in seas around the globe due to record heat in the oceans, the ...

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and toxic blue-green algae flourished in the warm reservoir. The effects were disastrous. The whole ecosystem was damaged, and numbers of Chinook salmon fell by more than 90 per cent. This had a ...

Algae treatment chemicals are gaining prominence due to the need to manage and control algae growth in water bodies, which adversely affects ecosystems and infrastructure. The increasing focus on ...

The ocean is getting greener because there is more phytoplankton (aka microscopic algae) in the ocean’s ... The green tilt is a sign that the ecosystem is changing in ways that could alter ...

Commercial fishing on the Great Lakes was built on lake whitefish, but for the past two decades, that species has been on the decline. It's now on the brink of collapse in parts of two of the lakes.

However, the health of those ecosystems is dictated by algae that grow on the underside of sea ice. When the algae dies, it sinks and reintroduces nutrients to the seafloor. The fertilized ...