New Jersey is in a fertilizer blackout period where, according to a law since 2011, homeowners may not fertilize their lawns ...

Mesotrophic lakes are more productive biologically than oligotrophic lakes, but their water isn’t quite as transparent or ...

Shells sometimes hold technological feats that we believed were limited to human laboratories. By studying the shells of a particular mollusk, researchers have discovered a unique capability ...

Make a conscious effort to save our Connecticut water from being as green as our lawns: it creates large environmental ...

Algae oil comes from marine algae that’s rich in omega-3s. The oil has many uses, from cooking to skincare and condition ...

Black beans also contain several other key nutrients that benefit human health. Black beans are legumes, which are the edible seeds of a plant. Because of their hard, shell-like appearance ...

Those include aerating and circulating the water to make it harder for the algae to flourish; introducing aquatic plants that absorb nutrients and limit sun exposure to the algae; and skimming the ...

Nature’s battling plants steal the algae’s light source and starve it of nutrients. Few well-balanced planted tanks will have any trace of algae and any levels of nitrate or phosphate either. Plant ...

Some bigger algae eaters can also contribute to a problem — via their waste. The best defence is to prevent it by providing healthy plant growth with appropriate lighting and nutrients. 4. Planted ...

The studies focused on corrinoids, the vitamin B12 family of nutrients. Many bacteria in the environment cannot produce these chemicals. Focusing on a single type of nutrient enables the study of ...