Plastic pollution may be quietly fueling algal blooms by knocking out the grazers that usually keep algae under control.

Like many bodies of water, Lake Lipno is no stranger to cyanobacteria. The photosynthetic blue-green algae typically ...

“Our results indicate that microplastics may tip the balance of conditions in favor of algal blooms,” the authors conclude in their study. “These results collectively illustrate that microplastics, ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology have discovered a remarkably streamlined strategy for developmental ...

A hunk of romaine was easy pickings for Porkchop and her three flippers. On a rainy day last week, the green sea turtle ...

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is vowing to follow through on a threat to remove Crown Royal whisky from liquor store shelves as soon as a Windsor-area bottling plant closes next month. Ford ...

Tiny fragments of microplastics—from clothes, car tires, packaging, and other sources—slip through most water filters. But at a water treatment plant on the coast in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where ...

A large pile of freshly cut honeysuckle at LaVista Park in Godfrey on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. Christine Favilla shows volunteers were to cut at the vines to make sure they do not grow back at LaVista ...

Resynergi is awaiting approval of an air quality permit for its plastic processing plant in SOMO village, which would melt plastic into oil. Residents are concerned about the facility's proximity to a ...

Native mass spectrometry that targets the blue component of blue-green algae has been found to be more sensitive to potentially toxic blooms than current techniques. Researchers at the University of ...

Why Algae Could be the Plastic of the Future: 91% of plastics aren't recycled, highlighting the need for better solutions. This video explores the potential of algae as a plastic replacement, similar ...