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'Safety valve' protects photosynthesis from excess light
Münster :: Germany | 1 day ago
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Safety valve' protects photosynthesis from excess light Washington, November 26 : A team of scientists has found that specific proteins in algae can act as a safety valve to dissipate excess absorbed light energy before it can wreak havoc in cells. ...
Tags: light energy, absorbed light, light levels, safety valve, Germany, Münster, Environment, Agronomy, Photosynthesis, Plant physiology, Microbiology, Chloroflexus aurantiacus, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Microorganism, Algae
Algae warning issued for Canterbury rivers (NZPA)
Canterbury :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility Environment Canterbury is warning recent warm dry weather could see rivers develop potentially toxic algal growths. Field staff have noticed algal mats, likely to be Phormidium, in South Canterbury's Pareora River and downstream reaches of the Opihi River...
Tags: United Kingdom, Canterbury, Environment, Pareora River, Canterbury New Zealand, Canterbury Regional Council, Rivers of New Zealand, Hospitality Recreation, Algal mat, Aquatic ecology, Opihi River, Algae
Fish don't get their food from trees, say scientists
Millbrook :: AL :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility We're saying that's very unlikely," said Michael Brett, a UW professor of civil and environmental engineering. The new research shows that algae are necessary ingredients for healthy zooplankton, the animals at the base of the aquatic food web. Brett's...
Tags: Michael Brett, base carbon, Millbrook, Environment, Planktology, Biological oceanography, Zooplankton, Omega-3 fatty acid, Phytoplankton, Aquatic ecology, Plankton, Algae
Sump stench plagues neighborhood in Torrance
Torrance :: CA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Indeed, Bannon said one neighbor called out a sewage pipe maintenance company convinced that something had crawled inside a pipe under his house and died. Her hairdresser, whose salon sits on the opposite side of Pacific Coast Highway, has also caught...
Tags: Marsha Bannon, Torrance, Sump, Algae, Walteria California
WATER-UGANDA: Reducing Run-off To Protect Lake Victoria
Kampala :: Uganda | 7 days ago
Credibility The Ggaba landing site on Lake Victoria is the nearest wholesale fish market to the Ugandan capital, Kampala. More than 6,000 people live and work in this fishing community...No one is willing to draw water from it for household use, and passengers coming...
Tags: algal blooms, Ggaba, Protect Lake Victoria, NAFIRRI, Dr Ndawula, Lucas Ndawula, landing sites, ate ggaba, Kampala, water bodies, Uganda, Fisheries, Aquatic ecology, Lake Victoria, Algal bloom, Aquaculture, Algae, Environment
Dead fish wash up at Naples beaches
Naples :: FL :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility With a red tide lingering along shore of Collier County, dead fish were reported at Naples Pier, Lowdermile Park and Fourth Avenue North last Sunday, according to Collier County Pollution Control and Prevention Department reports. Water samples taken...
Tags: Collier County, county magistrate, Naples, Biological oceanography, Collier County Florida, Red tide, Algal bloom, Naples Florida, Fisheries, Algae, Aquatic ecology, Environment, Disaster Accident, Magistrate, Charlie Crist, Law Crime
Environmental agencies to check streams for golden algae that caused fish kill
Wheeling :: IL :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility Helen Humphreys, a state Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman, said the department is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to test 11 streams and the Monongahela River near West Virginia where water-quality monitors show...
Tags: Dunkard Creek, golden algae, fish killing, Mr. Reynolds, Wheeling, Fish kill, Algal bloom, Greene County Watershed Alliance, Fisheries, Aquatic ecology, Algae
The rise of slime
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility giant, gelatinous, wobbly and worthless. Jellyfish were once rare along these shores, but are now an almost annual occurrence...Jellyfish are blamed for damaging fishing, shutting down power and desalination plants, and upsetting swimmers. Roberto Danovaro...
Tags: algal blooms, San Diego, Jellyfish, Algae, Overfishing, Algal bloom, Marine biology, Fisheries, Biological oceanography, Aquatic ecology, Environment
Old microscope helps cellular biologist show marine life up close
Mount Vernon :: WA :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility The answer, for Dr. Arlene Wechezak of Biz Point, was to buy her old microscope to see what the rest of the world looks like through its lenses. “I had been using the microscope for 37 or 38 years...Wechezak picks up ordinary looking stuff off the beach,...
Tags: Dr. Arlene Wechezak, Mount Vernon, Diatoms, Heterokonts, Microscope, Nikon, Biological oceanography, Planktology, Algae
Aquaflow Enters Major Chinese Algal Venture
Auckland :: New Zealand | 11 days ago
Credibility This is a significant breakthrough as Sichuan is a leading clean technology centre and we believe Aquaflow is the first company of its kind to move into the region,” says Aquaflow director, Nick Gerritsen. Greenleaf Environmental managing director Gavin...
Tags: Aquaflow, Nick Gerritsen, New Zealand, Auckland, Gerritsen, Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation, Biofuels, Algae, Green crude, Environment
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