Imagine turning on your kitchen faucet to get a drink, and the water comes out bright blue. That’s what happened to two homes in Quail Ridge South, a Granger subdivision near the Adams and Fir intersection. It’s… Continue reading Blue-colored drinking water worries Granger neighborhood
Daily Archives: June 9, 2014
Red tide closes clam beds
Red tide has closed all clam and muscle beds from Ipswich north to Newburyport in Plum Island Sound and throughout Essex Bay… Continue reading Red tide closes clam beds
Posey Pushes Algae Bloom Research Funding Through Congress
WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) helped usher through the House of Representatives bipartisan legislation (S.1254) to reauthorize and enhance research into the causes of algae blooms and hypoxia events which are harmful to natural habitats like the… Continue reading Posey Pushes Algae Bloom Research Funding Through Congress
Algae underfunded in energy hunt
Could algae power your car? In the search for new energy sources, scientists are turning the green goo into oil. While the technology itself is not new, Japanese scientists say they believe oil from aquatic algae could become an important raw material as biomass technology improves… Continue reading Algae underfunded in energy hunt
Pollution killed aquatic life in Sabarmati
AHMEDABAD: Unchecked littering has cost us our rivers and this is particularly true about Sabarmati which today has more garbage than water downstream in the city. Religious paraphernalia thrown from… Continue reading Pollution killed aquatic life in Sabarmati
University of Dayton Research Institute outdoor algae growing system
A new, outdoor system at the University of Dayton Research Institute has been producing a high volume of algae since its installation in the summer of 2013, even through this especially harsh Ohio winter… Continue reading University of Dayton Research Institute outdoor algae growing system