Covering over 70% of Earth's surface, the oceans are home to countless life forms that maintain ecological balance and ...

Visitors to Sahuarita Lake have recently been met with an unusual sight: a layer of brownish sludge coating parts of the water’s surface. The unusual appearance sparked concerns among residents.

For decades, largescale engineering projects for development and agriculture drained and partitioned south Florida's ...

But do these health claims stack up? Let’s take a look. Some products also contain the brown algae Fucus vesiculosus (commonly known as bladderwrack, black tang, rockweed, sea grapes ...

Some products also contain the brown algae Fucus vesiculosus (commonly known as bladderwrack, black tang, rockweed, sea grapes, bladder fucus, sea oak, cut weed, dyers fucus, red fucus or rock wrack).

At high enough concentrations, the algae can discolor water and give it a red or brown hue. The algae produces potent toxins that can be harmful to people, fish, and it can kill pets. Children ...

It’s noted that increasing oxygen levels can also help out, so get an airstone in the tank too. Brown algae is common in newly set up tanks and usually disappears on its own. This is the most common ...

In a region of Florida known as the River of Grass, John Kominoski plops into hip-deep waters. Blobs of brown periphyton — a mishmash of algae, bacteria and other organisms — carpet the surface. The ...

Approximately 450 million years ago, during the Ordovician Biodiversification Event-a period marked by an explosion of life in the oceans-the first brown algae (Phaeophyceae) emerged. These algae, ...