Las Algas Andan de Mal Humor
Las floraciones de algas nocivas son un fenómeno cada vez más frecuente, pero pueden mitigarse con la ayuda de una nueva solución sorprendente.
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marine remediation
Algae In A Rotten Mood
Harmful Algal Blooms are an increasingly frequent phenomenon, but may be mitigated with help from a surprising source.
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Seaweeds Against Climate Change: How Algae Provide Us with Ecosystem Services
If you’ve ever been near the ocean, chances are you’ve had an involuntary encounter with seaweed. It’s slimy. It’s smelly. It’s just overall not pleasant—but that doesn’t mean it isn’t useful for both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Here we’ll review some of the ecosystem services they provide so we can start looking past the inconvenience they represent and start appreciating them as the valuable organisms they are.
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A New Compound Makes Waves for Oil Spill Clean Up
Phase-Selective Organo-WHAT? Scientists are studying complex chemicals called Phase-Selective Organogelators (or PSOGs) to better understand their ability to clean up oil spills. These chemicals create a gel when added, in small quantities, to crude oil. The use of these chemicals could be a game changer when it comes to remediating marine oil spills. It would facilitate the way these disasters are handled, shortening the time it’s left affecting the organisms that live and interact in marine ecosystems
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