The Association to Preserve Cape Cod, along with volunteers, pond associations, towns and the state, is monitoring more than 100 freshwater ponds for concentrations of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) ...

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, the University of São Paulo and UC Santa Cruz collaborated to discover and validate the enzymes ...

The Association to Preserve Cape Cod along with volunteers, pond associations, towns and the state monitors over 100 freshwater ponds for concentrations of cyanobacteria (blue green algae) and toxins ...

Microscope image of the guanitoxin-producing cyanobacterium . (Photo by Vera Regina Werner) Shaun McKinnie, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. His lab at UCSC worked out the guanitoxin ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The University of Montana's Flathead Lake Biological Station is working with the Karuk Tribe of northern California to study cyanobacteria in rivers. The study, led by Laurel Genzoli ...

In situ interactions between cyanobacteria and metals were studied at Torrão reservoir (Tâmega River, North Portugal). The metal content of water and sediments from the reservoir was monitored monthly ...

Heavy rains, followed by heat and sun, are wreaking havoc with the state’s freshwater ponds, lakes and rivers, causing toxic bacteria blooms that can sicken swimmers, pets and wildlife. The state is ...

The following is a press release from the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services: As we go into the long weekend, local Environmental and Public Health officials are reminding ...

About 2.45 billion years ago, oxygen began to accumulate in Earth's atmosphere in a phenomenon known as the Great Oxygenation Event (GOE). While the timing of this event is fairly well understood from ...

March 30 (UPI) --To better understand the ecology of cyanobacteria and the origins of harmful blooms, the authors of a new study suggest scientists look below -- to cyanobacteria living on the bottom ...

Scientists discover the enzymes responsible for the production of one of the most toxic and fast-acting neurotoxins associated with freshwater harmful algal blooms in lakes and ponds. The discovery ...