algae
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During droughts, algae blooms have turned waterways bright green.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The researchers examined concentrations of a biomarker known as IP25, which is produced by algae associated with sea ice.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
The five-term senator said the categories of products receiving exemptions include corrugated paper cartons, plastic boxes, plastic bags, refrigeration and freezing equipment, packing and wrapping machinery, and seaweed and algae products.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
The toxic algae is actually cyanobacteria rather than a true algae and can increase dramatically in heat, making people and animals sick when ingested.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
At every fall I had a full meal of algae.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Positively charged particles, including sodium, can then flow from the water outside the alga into the cell.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
The alga, native to the Southern Ocean, starts as a single-cell that can transform into millimeter scale colonies.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 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
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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