Mastodawn

Although not normally considered the most glamorous of Mother Nature’s offerings, #algae has found itself at the heart of many a key moment in the last few hundred years of botanical science. @TheRoyalFig explores... https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/visions-of-algae-in-eighteenth-century-botany

Furiarossa 2d ago

Did... did you know that the algae in the Caulerpa genus are unicellular organisms? Like... they consist of only one cell (with multiple nuclei, but still one cell)?
We discovered it only now, after seeing these species of algae so many times... incredible.
Unbelievable. Amazing.

#Algae #SeaTrivia #UnicellularOrganisms #Unicellular #Nature

EU Maritime & Fish 3d ago

RT by @EU_MARE: A very interesting visit to the Centre of Marine Science at the University of Algarve today, where I could test the results of marine research projects firsthand. Good to see the great potential of #algae in action, and joint work with fishers, for instance, in sea-floor mapping.
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https://nitter.net/vitcheva_eu/status/2034278552632258778#m

TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨5d ago

🌱🌊 Long before the first tree sprouted, #Earth’s green life began as tiny #algae in the sea. The Conversation explains the 500-million-year transition from water to land, detailing how early #plants like mosses paved the way for the oxygen-rich world we live in now.

👉 https://theconversation.com/what-was-the-very-first-plant-in-the-world-271828

#botany #evolution #science #nature #biology #earthscience #history

What was the very first plant in the world?

Plants changed the atmosphere, built soil and created ecosystems that allowed animals like us to thrive. But first they had to make their way from the water to the land.

The Conversation

Dr. Or M. Bialik Mar 15

Out on the shallow #sea, there are #foraminifera living on seaweed, we call them epiphytes. You'd think that these forams would each have a favorite #algae, but not. If any, the two groups seem to share more common responses to external forcing than on each other.

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141113626001455

ForestOrca Mar 14

#Green #Algae

Richard Michael Blaber Mar 14

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/14/my-ideas-are-a-little-revolutionary-ecologist-suzanne-simard-on-intelligent-forests-the-climate-and-her-critics. "Billions of dollars are being invested in #carbon capture & storage #technology, 'but we actually have highly evolved #organisms like #trees & #plants & #algae that do this very thing much more effectively than anything we can possibly create ourselves. And yet, we’re cutting these #creatures down.'" That, & we continue to burn #fossilfuels, @GeraldKutney!

‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics

Her research popularised the idea of the wood wide web, but the scientific backlash was brutal. As the author of The Mother Tree returns to the forest in a new book, she discusses her battle to reimagine our relationship with nature

The Guardian

DimaLink Mar 12

Bream – a pond with branches

Today's 3D scene is based on a bream. The fish swims in its own world. There's a lake here. And several river branches lead to a pond. And there's an outlet to the river. Right now, the fish is in the pond. Which is already overgrown. And it's quiet here.

#fish #pond #secondelement #dive #bream #watercreature #swim #newplace #moss #underwater #overgrown #clearwater #lake #river #algae #wood #bush #seaworld

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Mar 12

#Algae Growth on #Greenland’s #Ice Contributes to Melting, Studies Show
New studies show how algae grows on ice and snow, creating “dark zones” that exacerbate melting in the region.
As a warming #climate eats away at the ice that covers most of the world’s largest island, algae blooms are speeding up that process, according to two new studies. Greenland is shedding hundreds of billions of tons of ice every year and raising #sealevel as it does.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/climate/greenland-algae-melting-icesheet.html
https://archive.ph/wtlgu

Algae Growth on Greenland’s Ice Contributes to Melting, Studies Show

New studies show how algae grows on ice and snow, creating “dark zones” that exacerbate melting in the consequential region.

The New York Times

CBC British Columbia Mar 12

Stagnating Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park could be reconnected to ocean
Instead of a growing bloom of algae and worsening water quality — a result, the board says, of a century of infilling — a lagoon reconnected to the sea could see bird-rich mud flats at low tide, and marsh-like conditions at high tide.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/stagnant-lost-lagoon-reconnected-ocean-stanley-park-9.7125103?cmp=rss