Reasons to Hope: synthetic #palmoil alternatives. These will be free of #deforestation - for real! Made from #algae #yeast #microbes, even CO2! Advocate for deforestation-free #palmoil alternatives #Boycottpalmoil 🌴☠️⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife
#Algae
Loss of sea ice alters the colors of light in the ocean
The disappearance of sea ice in polar regions due to #GlobalWarming not only increases the amount of light entering the #ocean, but also changes its #color. These changes have far-reaching consequences for #photosynthetic organisms such as ice #algae and #phytoplankton.
That is the conclusion of new research published in Nature Communications, led by marine biologists Monika Soja-Woźniak and Jef Huisman from the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) at the University of Amsterdam.
The international research team, which also included physical chemist Sander Woutersen (HIMS/UvA) and collaborators from the #Netherlands and #Denmark, investigated how the loss of #SeaIce alters the underwater light #environment. Sea ice and #seawater differ fundamentally in how they transmit light. Sea ice strongly scatters light and reflects much of it, while allowing only a small amount to penetrate.
Yet, this limited amount of light still contains almost the full range of visible wavelengths. In contrast, seawater absorbs red and green light, while blue light penetrates deep into the water column. This is what gives the ocean its blue color.
I'm just swamped at the moment. #Ireland #wetlands #naturephotography #greenery #stillwater #landscape #schoenoplectusacutus #carexlasiocarpa #algae #smartphonephotography #photography
Any idea what this algae or plant is? It forms green films on top if a nearby pond. Under the scope it forms largish clumps or sacks of cells- maybe 50-100 um or so across. Seems too large for most algae and too small for plants like duckweed. I've never come across it before, and I'd be curious to get an ID if anyone knew!
#Phytoplankton are microscopic #Marine #Algae that form the base of many aquatic food webs through #Photosynthesis.
They are critically important as they produce a significant portion of the world's #Oxygen and play a vital role in regulating atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/trends/browser?topic=Phytoplankton
Red and green seaweeds on a pipe. Look for the mussel "teeth". New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2025/04/seaweed-bouquet.html #VancouverIsland #Seaweeds #Algae #Invertebrates #InverteFest
Algae on watercolor paper.
Here was a nice example of how some of the algae turned out.
Magma
Algae on watercolor paper, scanned and recolored.
Golden algae on volcanic rocks by the sea
(Catania, Italy, 2020)
#Photography #Canon #Catania #Italy #Golden #Algae #Volcanic #Volcano #Etna #Rock #Magma #Lava
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After 7,000 years without light and oxygen in #BalticSea mud, researchers bring prehistoric #algae back to life https://phys.org/news/2025-03-years-oxygen-baltic-sea-mud.html
Resurrection of a #diatom after 7000 years from anoxic Baltic Sea sediment: Sarah Bolius et al. https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article/19/1/wrae252/7942337
"Such deposits are like a time capsule containing valuable information about past ecosystems and the inhabiting biological communities, their population development and genetic changes"
#ISEPpapers 26: October 2024 to March 2025 https://www.isep-protists.com/post/iseppapers-26
Your twenty-sixth digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here!
#Protists #Algae #Microbes #Evolution #Bacteria #Archaea #Symbiosis #Parasites #TreeOfLife
New #ISEPpapers #prerint! Drastic genome reduction driven by parasitic lifestyle: Two complete genomes of endosymbiotic bacteria possibly hosted by a dinoflagellate https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.03.631278v1.abstract
New #ISEPpapers! Phylogenomic resolution of marine to freshwater dinoflagellate transitions https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article/19/1/wraf031/8029727 by Mahara Mtawali et al.
Wir brauchen dringend mehr etablierte #Speisealgen in der EU.
#Nutraceuticals in Marine Algae
Crimson Cave Rocks. #seacave #tidalpool #algae #redrocks #coastal #nature #erosion #smartphonephotography #photography
Dramatic daily swings in oxygen shaped early animal life https://theconversation.com/how-dramatic-daily-swings-in-oxygen-shaped-early-animal-life-new-study-251657
Benthic diel oxygen variability and stress as potential drivers for animal diversification in the Neoproterozoic-Palaeozoic: Emma Hammarlund et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-57345-0
"During the day, #algae produced lots of O2, creating a fully oxygenated environment. But at night, O2 was rapidly consumed, leading to anoxic conditions... This was the reality for early #animals in oceans about half a billion years ago."
New #ISEPpapers! Hijacking and integration of algal #plastids and #mitochondria in a polar planktonic host: Ananya Kedige Rao et al. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00392-6
"Hosts steal active plastids, mitochondria, and nuclei from the microalga #Phaeocystis... Stolen plastids increase in volume, and their photosynthetic activity is boosted... Stolen mitochondria transform into a network in close association with plastids"
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