Beauty: Why algae is the way to glow By Edwina Ings-chambers Published: 00:02 GMT, 10 January 2021 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 10 January 2021 It’s the ingredient that’s giving my complexion the mineral mega-hit it needs right now There’s often a circular nature to beauty ingredient trends and this one is no different. For marine … Read more
In what’s being called the first case of non-human domestication, damselfish in Belize will protect mysid shrimp in their little patch of coral reef, provided the shrimp fertilizes their algae farm with waste.
Invasion of the algae blooms! More than 300 bodies of water in the US have been plagued by the toxic microscopic organisms this year, poisoning swimming holes and killing a number of dogs and cows Approximately 318 bodies of water in the US have been hit by algae blooms Numerous reports surfaced of some killing … Read more
Materials scientists have created develop biodegradable flip flops made from algae to help reduce the amount of harmful plastic waste entering our oceans. The experts created polyurethane foams, made from algae oil, to meet commercial specifications for flip-flops and other footwear that is usually made from flexible plastic. Cheap and affordable flip flops, the world’s … Read more
A special issue of Nature has published a series of studies looking at how monitoring Antarctica from space is providing crucial insights into its response to a warming climate. Here are their key findings: Three trillion tonnes of ice has been lost from Antarctica since 1992 The Antarctic Ice Sheet lost around three trillion tonnes … Read more
Heat-resistant algae is developed by scientists to protect endangered coral reefs from bleaching as ocean temperatures rise due to climate change Researchers took algae from coral and exposed it to increasingly warm water They did this over four years until it could resist water heated up to 88 degrees F The algae was placed back … Read more
Shrinking snow caps in the Himalayas are causing the spread of toxic green algae so big it can be seen from space, a new study has found. US research based on NASA images found blooms of the marine species Noctiluca scintillans, known as ‘sea sparkle’, lining coastlines around the Arabian Sea. Noctiluca scintillans, a millimetre-size … Read more
Magical footage shows a pod of dolphins ‘glowing’ as they swim through bioluminescent algae off the coast of California Photographer Patrick Coyne took the film off of the coast of southern California The ‘magical’ light show is caused by the dolphins disturbing tiny dinoflagellates These single-celled organisms release chemicals when disturbed that glow blue By Ian Randall For … Read more