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Coralline algae in the Mediterranean lost their tropical element between 5 and 7 million years ago

Coralline algae in the Mediterranean lost their tropical element between 5 and 7 million years ago

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

An international team of researchers has studied the coralline algae fossils that lived on the last coral reefs of the Mediterranean Sea between 7.24 and 5.3 million years ago. Mediterranean algae and coral ...





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Climate change reduces nutritional value of algae

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Micro-algae are growing faster under the influence of climate change. However, the composition of the algae is changing, as a result of which their nutritional value for other aquatic life is decreasing. And because algae ...


Rising CO2 'will hit reefs harder'

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (18) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rising CO2 levels in the world's oceans could deliver a disastrous blow to the ability of coral reefs to withstand climate change.


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Algae-Based Biofuel From Fish

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (12) | comments 14

Right now, when biofuel is produced using algae, cultures are grown and then processed into fuel. But the process is expensive and difficult. Now a company in Texas, LiveFuels, Inc., hopes that it will be ...


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Harmful 'red tide' hits Dubai beaches

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Beaches in the Gulf tourism hub of Dubai have been plagued by a bloom of algae known as the "red tide" that has killed fish and is potentially harmful to humans, a municipality official said on Tuesday.


NASA Develops Algae Bioreactor as a Sustainable Energy Source

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- As a clean energy alternative, NASA invented an algae photo-bioreactor that grows algae in municipal wastewater to produce biofuel and a variety of other products.


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Killer algae a key player in mass extinctions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 4

Algae, not asteroids, were the key to the end of the dinosaurs, say two Clemson University researchers. Geologist James W. Castle and ecotoxicologist John H. Rodgers have published findings that toxin producing ...


The adherence mechanism of red algae to the rocks is discovered

The adherence mechanism of red algae to the rocks is discovered

Biology / Other

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Geologists of the University of Granada, Spain, have described for the first time ever the biological mechanism that explains how calcareous red algae grow on rocky substrates.


'First economical process' for making biodiesel fuel from algae

Economical, eco-friendly process for making biodiesel fuel from algae

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chemists reported development of what they termed the first economical, eco-friendly process to convert algae oil into biodiesel fuel — a discovery they predict could one day lead to U.S. independence from ...


Experts think toxic algae harming endangered fish

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Scientists say they think toxins from a blue-green algae plaguing lakes and rivers around the West are harming an endangered fish in the Klamath Basin, adding another obstacle to restoring species that have forced ...


Exxon believes algae produce over 2,000 gallons of fuel per acre

Exxon to make alternative fuel from algae: report

Technology / Energy

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 9

Oil giant Exxon Mobil plans to announce a 600-million-dollar investment to produce liquid transportation fuel from algae, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.



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