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  1. 🦥💩 Three-toed #sloths risk #predator attacks on the #forest floor once a week to maintain a complex #ecosystem within their fur.

    The dangerous routine allows sloth moths to reproduce and promotes nutrient-rich #algae growth, which provides the slow-moving #mammals with essential #camouflage and a potential supplemental #food source.

    👉 popsci.com/environment/why-slo

    #science #biology #wildlife #nature #ecology #animals #research #environment #zoology #evolution

  2. 🦥💩 Three-toed #sloths risk #predator attacks on the #forest floor once a week to maintain a complex #ecosystem within their fur.

    The dangerous routine allows sloth moths to reproduce and promotes nutrient-rich #algae growth, which provides the slow-moving #mammals with essential #camouflage and a potential supplemental #food source.

    👉 popsci.com/environment/why-slo

    #science #biology #wildlife #nature #ecology #animals #research #environment #zoology #evolution

  3. 🦥💩 Three-toed #sloths risk #predator attacks on the #forest floor once a week to maintain a complex #ecosystem within their fur.

    The dangerous routine allows sloth moths to reproduce and promotes nutrient-rich #algae growth, which provides the slow-moving #mammals with essential #camouflage and a potential supplemental #food source.

    👉 popsci.com/environment/why-slo

    #science #biology #wildlife #nature #ecology #animals #research #environment #zoology #evolution

  4. 🦥💩 Three-toed #sloths risk #predator attacks on the #forest floor once a week to maintain a complex #ecosystem within their fur.

    The dangerous routine allows sloth moths to reproduce and promotes nutrient-rich #algae growth, which provides the slow-moving #mammals with essential #camouflage and a potential supplemental #food source.

    👉 popsci.com/environment/why-slo

    #science #biology #wildlife #nature #ecology #animals #research #environment #zoology #evolution

  5. 🦥💩 Three-toed #sloths risk #predator attacks on the #forest floor once a week to maintain a complex #ecosystem within their fur.

    The dangerous routine allows sloth moths to reproduce and promotes nutrient-rich #algae growth, which provides the slow-moving #mammals with essential #camouflage and a potential supplemental #food source.

    👉 popsci.com/environment/why-slo

    #science #biology #wildlife #nature #ecology #animals #research #environment #zoology #evolution

  6. 📚🌱 Stay up to date with the latest developments shaping Europe’s #algae sector with the #EU4Algae Knowledge Library.

    Explore new reports, case studies & resources covering algae sustainability, innovation & more.

    Discover more 👉 link.europa.eu/mJHMH6

    #EU #EMFAF
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  7. 📚🌱 Stay up to date with the latest developments shaping Europe’s #algae sector with the #EU4Algae Knowledge Library.

    Explore new reports, case studies & resources covering algae sustainability, innovation & more.

    Discover more 👉 link.europa.eu/mJHMH6

    #EU #EMFAF
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    nitter.net/cinea_eu/status/205

  8. 📚🌱 Stay up to date with the latest developments shaping Europe’s #algae sector with the #EU4Algae Knowledge Library.

    Explore new reports, case studies & resources covering algae sustainability, innovation & more.

    Discover more 👉 link.europa.eu/mJHMH6

    #EU #EMFAF
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    nitter.net/cinea_eu/status/205

  9. Engineered Algae Shows Potential to Remove Microplastics and Clean Wastewater

    📰 Original title: Scientists say this algae could remove microplastics from drinking water

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary: en.killbait.com/engineered-alg

    #environment #microplastics #algae #watertreatment

  10. #ThursdayThoughts

    While organizing my office, I came across this book 😮
    At one point in my scientific career, I had hoped to use Chlamydomonas in my research 😏
    It looks like that won’t be happening after all, but I’ll still keep these books in my office. They look pretty 😊

    #Science #Algae #Timeless #CircadianRhythm #Book #Photography

  11. #ThursdayThoughts

    While organizing my office, I came across this book 😮
    At one point in my scientific career, I had hoped to use Chlamydomonas in my research 😏
    It looks like that won’t be happening after all, but I’ll still keep these books in my office. They look pretty 😊

    #Science #Algae #Timeless #CircadianRhythm #Book #Photography

  12. #ThursdayThoughts

    While organizing my office, I came across this book 😮
    At one point in my scientific career, I had hoped to use Chlamydomonas in my research 😏
    It looks like that won’t be happening after all, but I’ll still keep these books in my office. They look pretty 😊

    #Science #Algae #Timeless #CircadianRhythm #Book #Photography

  13. #ThursdayThoughts

    While organizing my office, I came across this book 😮
    At one point in my scientific career, I had hoped to use Chlamydomonas in my research 😏
    It looks like that won’t be happening after all, but I’ll still keep these books in my office. They look pretty 😊

    #Science #Algae #Timeless #CircadianRhythm #Book #Photography

  14. #ThursdayThoughts

    While organizing my office, I came across this book 😮
    At one point in my scientific career, I had hoped to use Chlamydomonas in my research 😏
    It looks like that won’t be happening after all, but I’ll still keep these books in my office. They look pretty 😊

    #Science #Algae #Timeless #CircadianRhythm #Book #Photography

  15. 🧪🌌 UC #Boulder researchers encapsulated single-celled #algae within #3D-printed hydrogel shapes.

    The team used an acidic solution to trigger a sustained blue glow from the organisms. These living structures could eventually serve as battery-free light sources or sensors that detect environmental toxins.

    👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/m

    #science #bioluminescence #3Dprinting #biology #marinebiology #technology #tech #innovation #nature #research #sustainability #lighting #colorado

  16. 🧪🌌 UC #Boulder researchers encapsulated single-celled #algae within #3D-printed hydrogel shapes.

    The team used an acidic solution to trigger a sustained blue glow from the organisms. These living structures could eventually serve as battery-free light sources or sensors that detect environmental toxins.

    👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/m

    #science #bioluminescence #3Dprinting #biology #marinebiology #technology #tech #innovation #nature #research #sustainability #lighting #colorado

  17. 🧪🌌 UC #Boulder researchers encapsulated single-celled #algae within #3D-printed hydrogel shapes.

    The team used an acidic solution to trigger a sustained blue glow from the organisms. These living structures could eventually serve as battery-free light sources or sensors that detect environmental toxins.

    👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/m

    #science #bioluminescence #3Dprinting #biology #marinebiology #technology #tech #innovation #nature #research #sustainability #lighting #colorado

  18. 🧪🌌 UC #Boulder researchers encapsulated single-celled #algae within #3D-printed hydrogel shapes.

    The team used an acidic solution to trigger a sustained blue glow from the organisms. These living structures could eventually serve as battery-free light sources or sensors that detect environmental toxins.

    👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/m

    #science #bioluminescence #3Dprinting #biology #marinebiology #technology #tech #innovation #nature #research #sustainability #lighting #colorado

  19. 🧪🌌 UC #Boulder researchers encapsulated single-celled #algae within #3D-printed hydrogel shapes.

    The team used an acidic solution to trigger a sustained blue glow from the organisms. These living structures could eventually serve as battery-free light sources or sensors that detect environmental toxins.

    👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/m

    #science #bioluminescence #3Dprinting #biology #marinebiology #technology #tech #innovation #nature #research #sustainability #lighting #colorado

  20. How did plants evolve to cope with such a challenging and changing habitat?

    It turns out the answer is in 600 million years of stress! A research team led by our Uni compared algae and plants spanning million years of independent evolution. Using advanced bioinformatic methods, they pinpointed a shared stress response network: uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html

    Research at #NatureCommunications: doi.org/n9m4

    #Diversity #Evolution #Algae #Landplants

  21. Positive news about facultative symbiosis that enables surviving bleaching in some corals, i.e., an ability to let go of their endosymbiont algae and then recover them:

    "The evolution of facultative symbiosis in stony corals", Levy, Grau-Bové et al. 2025
    nature.com/articles/s41586-025

    #CoralReefs #corals #symbiosis #algae #biology #MarineBiology

  22. Please like my photos published on YouTube:

    youtube.com/post/UgkxqAVoNS0SF

    My latest photo project is about #macros in the #goldenhour of an #urban #park in #Berlin. Correspondingly, my latest YouTube photo publication shows the #lichen #Xanthoria #parietina (#Teloschistaceae), which is associated with #algae of #genus #Trebouxia. The yellow color of the ecologically tolerant lichen is due to the anthrachinone #parietin.
    © #StefanFWirth Berlin April 2026

  23. Please like my photos published on YouTube:

    youtube.com/post/UgkxqAVoNS0SF

    My latest photo project is about #macros in the #goldenhour of an #urban #park in #Berlin. Correspondingly, my latest YouTube photo publication shows the #lichen #Xanthoria #parietina (#Teloschistaceae), which is associated with #algae of #genus #Trebouxia. The yellow color of the ecologically tolerant lichen is due to the anthrachinone #parietin.
    © #StefanFWirth Berlin April 2026

  24. Please like my photos published on YouTube:

    youtube.com/post/UgkxqAVoNS0SF

    My latest photo project is about #macros in the #goldenhour of an #urban #park in #Berlin. Correspondingly, my latest YouTube photo publication shows the #lichen #Xanthoria #parietina (#Teloschistaceae), which is associated with #algae of #genus #Trebouxia. The yellow color of the ecologically tolerant lichen is due to the anthrachinone #parietin.
    © #StefanFWirth Berlin April 2026

  25. Please like my photos published on YouTube:

    youtube.com/post/UgkxqAVoNS0SF

    My latest photo project is about #macros in the #goldenhour of an #urban #park in #Berlin. Correspondingly, my latest YouTube photo publication shows the #lichen #Xanthoria #parietina (#Teloschistaceae), which is associated with #algae of #genus #Trebouxia. The yellow color of the ecologically tolerant lichen is due to the anthrachinone #parietin.
    © #StefanFWirth Berlin April 2026

  26. Please like my photos published on YouTube:

    youtube.com/post/UgkxqAVoNS0SF

    My latest photo project is about #macros in the #goldenhour of an #urban #park in #Berlin. Correspondingly, my latest YouTube photo publication shows the #lichen #Xanthoria #parietina (#Teloschistaceae), which is associated with #algae of #genus #Trebouxia. The yellow color of the ecologically tolerant lichen is due to the anthrachinone #parietin.
    © #StefanFWirth Berlin April 2026

  27. Antarctic #krill can lock away similar levels of #carbon as #seagrass, #mangroves phys.org/news/2024-09-antarcti

    Antarctic krill sequester similar amounts of C to key coastal #BlueCarbon habitats: Emma Cavan et al. nature.com/articles/s41467-024

    "Krill are extremely numerous #crustaceans that live around #Antarctica. They eat #algae that take carbon out of the atmosphere by photosynthesis. When krill poo or molt their exoskeletons, the carbon sinks into the #DeepSea where it can stay for a very long time."

  28. Invasive #seaweed may better adapt to changes than native species in #Hawaii waters phys.org/news/2024-10-invasive

    Integrated physiological response by four species of #Rhodophyta to submarine groundwater discharge reveals complex patterns among closely-related species nature.com/articles/s41598-024

    "successful species of #algae can quickly change the concentration of dissolved substances inside their cells to match external changes. This ability to regulate internal water pressure is crucial for survival"

  29. La dernière fiche publiée nous parle d'une #algue brune de nos côtes est-atlantiques : l'algue filamenteuse de La Pylaie.

    Par l'excellente équipe
    QUINTIN Christophe, VERLAQUE Marc, MÜLLER Yves in : #DORIS, 08/01/2026 :
    Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman, 1872, doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/6111

    #biodiversite #Ochrophyta #Phaeophyceae #biodiversity #Ectocarpales #vegetaux #algae #ffessm

  30. Complex #life began to develop earlier, and over a longer span of time, than previously believed.

    Nee findings indicate that complex organisms evolved long before there were substantial levels of #oxygen in the #atmosphere, something which had previously been considered a prerequisite to the #evolution of complex life.

    The #earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old, with the first #microbial life forms appearing over 4 billion years ago.

    These organisms consisted of two groups – #bacteria and the distinct but related #archaea, collectively known as #prokaryotes.

    Prokaryotes were the only form of life on earth for hundreds of millions of years, until more complex eukaryotic cells including organisms such as #algae, #fungi, #plants and #animals evolved.

    Previous ideas on how and when early prokaryotes transformed into complex #eukaryotes has largely been in the realm of speculation. Estimates have spanned a billion years, as no intermediate forms exist and definitive fossil evidence has been lacking.

    By collecting evidence from multiple #gene families in multiple biological systems and focusing on the features which distinguish eukaryotes from prokaryotes, researchers were able to begin to piece together the developmental pathway for complex life. 

    They obtained evidence that the transition began almost 2.9 billion years ago – almost a billion years earlier than by some other estimates –  suggesting that the nucleus and other internal structures appear to have evolved significantly before #mitochondria.

    The process of cumulative complexification seems to have taken place over a much longer time period than previously thought.

    #biology
    bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/decemb

    Paper by Kay et al. (2025): nature.com/articles/s41586-025