Algae, more complex than bacteria but still ... revealed the phosphate nutrient outburst following the Snowball Earth, says the new revelations are "incredibly important". "It gives the first ...

Covering over 70% of Earth's surface, the oceans are home to countless life forms that maintain ecological balance and ...

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 ...

A 2014 satellite photo of the Sivash region shows off the kaleidoscopic colors of a series of shallow, hypersaline lagoons — each filled with a different kind of algae. When you purchase through ...

new measurements confirm. On Alaska’s Harding Icefield, these microbes are responsible for about a sixth of the snowmelt in algae-tinged areas, researchers report September 18 in Nature Geoscience.

Analysis - Scientists have found new evidence that desertification, potentially linked to global warming, leads to large amounts of nutrient-rich dust landing in the sea, causing ocean algae to grow ...