Algae could be key for better plant-based foods

Lots of plant-based foods have the flavor right but the texture wrong. New research finds that algae could help improve the "mouthfeel."

Maria Hornbek-Copenhagen • futurity
Feb. 27, 2024 ~7 min

Shimmering seaweeds and algae antennae: sustainable energy solutions under the sea

How could tiny antennae attached to tiny algae speed up the transition away from fossil fuels? This is one of the questions being studied by Cambridge

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 22, 2024 ~5 min


Flowers grown floating on polluted waterways can help clean up nutrient runoff and turn a profit

Phosphorus and nitrogen contribute to water pollution and cause harmful algal blooms. New research shows how mats of floating flower beds can take advantage of these nutrients while cleaning the water.

Krishnaswamy Jayachandran, Professor of Agroecology, Florida International University • conversation
Feb. 13, 2024 ~5 min

How to raise ‘lawn mowers of the reefs’ in the lab

Researchers are trying to restore long-spined sea urchins, which eat algae that could otherwise smother reef ecosystems and kill corals.

Brad Buck-Florida • futurity
Sept. 13, 2023 ~5 min

How do coral reefs thrive in parts of the ocean that are low in nutrients? By eating their algal companions

Reef corals grow vigorously in nutrient poor water – new research has found out why.

Cecilia D'Angelo, Associate Professor, Coral Reef Laboratory, University of Southampton • conversation
Aug. 24, 2023 ~8 min

The melting Arctic is a crime scene. The microbes I study have long warned us of this catastrophe – but they are also driving it

To fully understand the extent of climate-related dangers the Arctic – and our planet – is facing, we must focus on organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye.

Arwyn Edwards, Reader in Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Aberystwyth University • conversation
June 23, 2023 ~27 min

Microplastics: we've found startling quantities in the ice algae that are essential for all Arctic marine life

Arctic sea ice algae contaminated with microplastics have serious consequences for ecosystems and the climate.

Steve Allen, Ocean Frontier Institute researcher, Dalhousie University • conversation
May 11, 2023 ~6 min

Heading to a beach this summer? Here's how to keep harmful algae blooms from spoiling your trip

The tiny organisms that cause harmful blooms of algae can have a big impact on your trip to the shore. A toxicologist explains what causes these events and how to keep people and pets safe.

Brad Reisfeld, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Public Health, Colorado State University • conversation
May 3, 2023 ~8 min


Tiny chalk disks in ocean are ‘catalysts for death’

The circular, chalky plates of marine algae E. huxleyi can act as catalysts for viral infection and are key to Earth's carbon cycle.

Kitta MacPherson - Rutgers • futurity
March 7, 2023 ~6 min

Nutrient loading could spell trouble on Atlantic coast

New research predicts nutrient loading, which puts certain areas of the US at heightened risk of harmful algal blooms.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
March 1, 2023 ~8 min

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