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Blobinette Frétillante<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/TextureTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TextureTuesday</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>river</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a></p>
earthling<p>A dead fish is washed up at West Beach during South Australia’s algal bloom crisis, Adelaide, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p><p>Photograph: Matt Turner/AAP</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beach</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDiary</span></a></p>
Palm Oil Detectives<p>Reasons to Hope: synthetic <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/palmoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palmoil</span></a> alternatives. These will be free of <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deforestation</span></a> - for real! Made from <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/yeast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yeast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a>, even CO2! Advocate for deforestation-free <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/palmoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palmoil</span></a> alternatives <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Boycottpalmoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boycottpalmoil</span></a> 🌴☠️⛔️ <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Boycott4Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boycott4Wildlife</span></a></p><p><a href="http://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/11/reasons-to-hope-palm-oil-alternatives-made-without-deforestation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/</span><span class="invisible">11/reasons-to-hope-palm-oil-alternatives-made-without-deforestation/</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Lake Retba, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Senegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senegal</span></a><br>A boatman ferries passengers across the lake, which is among the saltiest in the world and turns pink due to the Dunaliella salina algae</p><p>Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lake</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a></p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p>The art of arranging marine algae into designs, bouquets, and even sometimes intricate little scenes, was surprisingly popular in the nineteenth century. <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/album-of-seaweed-pictures-1848/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/collect</span><span class="invisible">ion/album-of-seaweed-pictures-1848/</span></a> BTW, I know such little images made with moss.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/seaweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seaweed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/herbarium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>herbarium</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/culturalHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culturalHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/moss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NatureMatchCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatureMatchCuts</span></a></p>
US<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/36633/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/us/36633/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Montana rivers drop, algae spreads as drought deepens <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Algae</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BitterrootRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BitterrootRiver</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BlackfootRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackfootRiver</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClarkForkRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarkForkRiver</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HootOwlRestrictions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HootOwlRestrictions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Missoula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Missoula</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Montana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Montana</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RiverLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiverLevels</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RiverTemperatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiverTemperatures</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
San Francisco Baykeeper<p>We need your help keeping an eye out for <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> blooms in the Bay 🦠</p><p>As the weather heats up, conditions will be ripe for harmful algae blooms (HABs). After a devastating <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HAB</span></a> in 2022, we ramped up our algae monitoring program and now have a team algae sampling across the Bay Area through the summer. </p><p>But we could always use more eyes on the Bay 👀 If you see coffee-colored water or unusually red or bright green water in the Bay, take photos, note down the time &amp; exact location, and reach out to our pollution tip line: <a href="https://baykeeper.org/report-pollution/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">baykeeper.org/report-pollution</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p>Photos: First two photos are of brown-colored water during a small algae bloom in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Alameda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alameda</span></a> in 2024 that luckily dissipated quickly. The third photo is a close-up image of the alga Akashiwo sanguinea 🔬 and the last image is of our team collecting samples from the Bay <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/algaebloom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algaebloom</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/harmfulalgaeblooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harmfulalgaeblooms</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sanfraniscobay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sanfraniscobay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bayarea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bayarea</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfbay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sfbay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/waterpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterpollution</span></a></p>
CBC Windsor<p>Researchers detect blue-green algae toxin in Lake Erie earlier than ever before<br>Researchers at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab say they have detected a harmful toxin produced by blue green algae far earlier in the year than ever before in Lake Erie.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/toxin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toxin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/LakeErie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LakeErie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/early-blue-green-algae-erie-1.7566330?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ear</span><span class="invisible">ly-blue-green-algae-erie-1.7566330?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2180443/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2180443/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Environmental leaders warn of harmful effects of algal bloom in Ky. lake <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cove</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GarrardCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GarrardCounty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hab</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HerringtonLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HerringtonLake</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MercerCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MercerCounty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ParadiseCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParadiseCamp</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Redgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Redgate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TanyardBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TanyardBranch</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to <a href="https://spore.social/tags/botanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>botanist</span></a> Isabella Aiona Abbott (1919-2010), renown algae expert, celebrated seaweed cook, devoted teacher &amp; mentor, expert on Hawaiian ethnobotany, 1st Indigenous Hawaiian woman to earn a doctorate in science &amp; the 1st woman or person of colour to become a full professor on Stanford’s biology faculty. She literally wrote the textbook on Californian seaweed &amp; 🧵<br> <br><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/seaweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seaweed</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hawaii</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a></p>
humanum<p>'disturbance'</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SaveOurWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOurWaters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SaveOurOceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOurOceans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Algae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/EcoCrises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcoCrises</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WaterColour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterColour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Blue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AbstractArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbstractArt</span></a></p>
Dr Susi Arnott<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sellathechemist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sellathechemist</span></a></span> big thanks <br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/phytoplankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phytoplankton</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Simple Open Source Photobioreactor - [Bhuvanmakes] says that he has the simplest open source photobioreactor. Is it? Si... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/06/12/simple-open-source-photobioreactor/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/06/12/simple</span><span class="invisible">-open-source-photobioreactor/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/photobioreactor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photobioreactor</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/bioreactor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bioreactor</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a></p>
humanum<p>'algal threat'</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SaveOurWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOurWaters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SaveOurOceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOurOceans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Algae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/EcoCrises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcoCrises</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WaterColour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterColour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Blue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AbstractArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbstractArt</span></a></p>
luvan<p>certain parmelitic lichens, the usnea, develop a unique elasticity that allows them to resist the wind - as seen here on the summit ridge of Cap Sizun - and to grow cute tiny beards • certains lichens parmélies, les usnées, développent une élasticité singulière leur permettant de resister au vent - comme ici sur la crète sommitale du cap sizun - et se traduisant par des mini-barbes toutes cute. <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/lichen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lichen</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fungi</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/capsizun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capsizun</span></a></p>
michael<p>30-May-2025<br>Uncovering a unique light-harvesting structure in marine <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a><br>Photosystem II–FCPII complex found in a marine alga could shape the future of artificial <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photosynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photosynthesis</span></a> </p><p>high-resolution analysis of a photosynthetic complex found in , Chrysotila roscoffensis. This marine alga belongs to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coccolithophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coccolithophore</span></a> species known for producing calcium carbonate plates and fixing carbon at the ocean surface.</p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1085791" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">085791</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/structuralBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>structuralBiology</span></a></p>
RIO Journal<p>🖼️ Most recently, the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ParAqua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParAqua</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/COSTAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COSTAction</span></a> consortium added to their <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/openscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openscience</span></a> project collection their poster presenting the ParAqua database, the first structured initiative aimed at centralising &amp; harmonising data on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/zoosporic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zoosporic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasites</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> by integrating in situ observations, genetic data from NCBI, and literature sources.</p><p>🔗 Poster: <a href="https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e157676" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints</span><span class="invisible">.e157676</span></a></p><p>🔗 Collection: <a href="https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.coll.192" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.3897/rio.coll.192</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
michael<p>22-May-2025<br>New study reveals how competition between <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> is transforming the gulf of Maine<br>As the ocean warms across its temperate regions, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kelp</span></a> forests are collapsing and turf algae species are taking over. This shift from dense canopies of tall kelp to low-lying mats of turf algae is driving biodiversity loss and altering the flow of energy and nutrients through reef <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1083823" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">083823</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Lichens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lichens</span></a> are symbionts. There is a <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/fungal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fungal</span></a> component (most are about 90 percent fungus) and a photosynthetic component (<a href="https://spacey.space/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> or <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/cyanobacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyanobacteria</span></a>). Whether lichens can survive on <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> 🔴 depends on the species. <a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/lichens-can-survive-almost-anything-and-some-might-survive-mars" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/lichens-can-survive-almost-anything-and-some-might-survive-mars</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Discovery suggests that <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/RedAlgae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedAlgae</span></a> use colors for inter-species communication <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-05-discovery-red-algae-inter-species.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-05-discover</span><span class="invisible">y-red-algae-inter-species.html</span></a></p><p>"a certain kind of cells of red <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> contain bodies of tightly packed microspheres of a light-reflecting material. In the growth tips of the alga, these microspheres are all of the same size, which allows light of a single, blue color to be reflected... As the cells mature, the microspheres lose their uniform size, which causes light of all colors to be reflected, resulting in a whitish hue."</p>