Cyanobacteria are probably the most numerous creatures to have ever existed on Earth. They’re good for making oxygen but otherwise bad news for most life forms. Through neglect of our water systems ...

Although the Earth’s been decidedly blue for 600 million years, rising populations of phytoplankton caused by rising temperatures are once again causing the world’s oceans to turn green.

Blue-green algae has never been a food on my radar. But it turns out dried cyanobacteria both looks lovely and is packed with ...

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...

When cyanobacteria proliferate out of control, they can form clouds of green algae called cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms, or cyanoHABs. Some types of cyanobacteria produce toxins, and so ...

By engineering photosynthetic cyanobacteria to live symbiotically inside yeast cells, the bacteria-yeast hybrids can produce important hydrocarbons, paving new biotechnical pathways to non ...

2024 LITTLETON — One of the Department of Environmental Services’ lead scientists is cautioning that an expensive chemical treatment is not a cure for cyanobacteria in water bodies ...

BMAA is produced by cyanobacteria — also commonly referred to as blue-green algae — and can be found in freshwater, estuaries and marine waters in Florida and across the globe. A couple ...

The water body located in Littleton and Lyman has suffered from frequent bouts of the photosynthetic bacteria, which feed on ...

Princeton University and Xiamen University researchers report that in tropical and subtropical oligotrophic waters, ocean ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A new AI tool could make your drinking water safer. Within Lake Champlain and surrounding ...