Italy's Phlegraean Fields is a hotspot of volcanic activity—an ever-shifting landscape pocketed with acidic hot springs. This ...

Did you know that there is a war underway each summer in our lakes for nutrients and light? This war is between plants and ...

Plants will be able to help humankind's energy ... "Cultivating Clean Energy. The Promise of Algae Biofuels." Report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Terrapin Bright Green ...

Triton is a company poised for disruption. The San Diego-based start-up, Triton Algae Innovations, is hitting all the right notes—plant-based, sustainable, synthetic biology—serving up what co ...

Green plants and algae use light energy to make glucose and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water. Temperature, carbon dioxide concentration and light intensity can affect the rate of photosynthesis.

The secret to a greener garden is in your medicine cabinet. Hydrogen peroxide is easy to come by in most households, and it's ...

Wooden fences can quickly become covered in green algae and other unsightly stains. Here's how to remove algae from your ...

Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night, cells power photosynthesis on the lowest light levels ever ...

Plastids are core components of photosynthesis in plants and algae. Scientists are currently debating the events leading to the appearance of plastids in eukaryotic cells. Where did plastids ...

Carbon dioxide also dissolves in seawater, where it is absorbed by seagrasses and algae. Seagrasses, which are plants adapted to live in the sea, are different from kelp and other algae in that ...

In the shadow of Iceland’s largest geothermal power station, a large warehouse houses a hi-tech indoor farm of sorts that’s like nothing I’ve ever seen. Under a strange pink-purple glow, illuminated ...