News articles tagged with 'algal'
Algal antifreeze makes inroads into ice
— 4 Mar 2011 14:05 | BiologySea-ice algae - the important first rung of the food web each spring in places like the Arctic Ocean - can engineer ice to its advantage, according to the first published findings about…
Climate projections show human health impacts possible within 30 years
— 20 Feb 2011 16:03 | EnvironmentA panel of scientists speaking today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) unveiled new research and models demonstrating how climate…
UT researchers link algae to harmful oestrogen-like compound in water
— 17 Feb 2011 18:33 | EnvironmentUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers have found that blue-green algae may be responsible for producing an oestrogen-like compound in the environment which could disrupt the…
Using mining by-products to reduce algal blooms
— 7 Feb 2011 15:04 | EnvironmentCSIRO research has shown that some mining by-products can be effective in preventing nutrients from entering river systems, thereby reducing the potential for algal blooms. A joint…
Researchers more than double oil output from algal for biofuels
— 15 Nov 2010 17:33 | EnvironmentMontana State University researchers have discovered that baking soda can dramatically increase algae's production of the key oil precursors for biodiesel…
Iron stimulates blooms of toxin-producing algae in open ocean, study finds
— 9 Nov 2010 11:43 | EnvironmentA team of marine scientists has found that toxin-producing algae once thought to be limited to coastal waters are also common in the open ocean, where the addition of iron from natural…
Algae for biofuels: Moving from promise to reality, but how fast?
— 3 Nov 2010 12:08 | EnvironmentA new report from the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) in Berkeley projects that development of cost-competitive algae biofuel production will require much more long-term research,…
New long-range undersea robot goes the distance
— 3 Nov 2010 11:26 | EnvironmentOver the past decade, the undersea robots known as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have become increasingly important in oceanographic research. Today's AUVs fall into two groups:…
Researchers discover source of essential nutrients for mid-ocean algae
— 24 Jun 2010 12:52 | EnvironmentFor almost three decades, oceanographers have been puzzled by the ability of microscopic algae to grow in mid-ocean areas where there is very little nitrate, an essential algal nutrient.…
Algal blooms hit the poor of India hard
— 31 May 2010 14:19 | EnvironmentThe problem of toxic algae is not just confined to the Nordic countries - in India algal blooms are threatening poor people's access to food and their livelihoods, a problem that has…