algae
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Soon after reopening, however, visitors documented algae blooms, bubbling surfaces and peeling liner, prompting questions about the quality of the work.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
The tourist port in the Romanian town of Corabia, on the banks of the Danube river, is deserted except for a few pleasure boats stranded in the algae.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
A spokesperson for Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council said watersports activities and open-water swimming at Craigavon Lakes were suspended on 21 July due to the presence of blue-green algae.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
I stop and pick it up, its shell covered in a toupee of inch-long algae, and deliver it to its intended destination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
A black rim of algae rings the toilet bowl where the water has slipped away.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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In this study, pyrenoid-associated proteins in a marine chlorarachniophyte alga were identified through a proteomic approach.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2024
Blue-green algae is not actually an alga but rather a type of bacteria called cyanobacteria.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023
In the case of Gracilaria, however, things are more complicated: The female alga doesn’t release its egg cells, but keeps them inside funnel-shaped filaments.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 27, 2022
Giant kelp is the common name for Macrocystis pyrifera, a species of alga that grows into lush underwater forests along the coast of the northeastern Pacific Ocean, from Baja California north to southeastern Alaska.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2022
She is curious; she wants to know the difference between an alga and a lichen, a Diplodon char- ruanus and a Diplodon delodontus.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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