Though you may not necessarily have
thought of algae as a food source, you will see that it can actually taste good when grown and prepared accordingly.
Though you may not necessarily have
thought of algae as a food source, you will see that it can actually taste good when grown and prepared accordingly.
Not exact matches
Many marine biologists
think of the world's biggest
alga as the keystone species
of its ecosystem, not only in terms
of its structure — a huge forestlike environment under the sea — but also in terms
of its tremendous productivity in supplying food for the near - shore ecosystem.
Although many dinoflagellates can survive through photosynthesis alone, some species are able to grow twice as fast by preying on other
algae — and it is this feeding mechanism that is now
thought to be aided by the production
of toxins.
Researchers such as Baker are starting to
think about the possibility
of intentionally seeding coral reefs with hardier strains
of algae to help them to resist the perils
of climate change.
Although most people
think fish are the original source
of DHA and EPA, these omega - 3s actually come from the
algae lower in the food chain.
Previously, scientists had
thought that the
algae technique, known as iron fertilization, could contribute to the drawdown
of up to 1 gigaton
of carbon a year — more than 10 %
of current yearly emissions.
«What we
think of as coral are really the animal host, symbiotic
algae and symbiotic microbes all living together.
Scientist had
thought that rock snot was a new genetic strain
of algae introduced by humans, but an expanding body
of research suggests otherwise.
«We
think the
algae weren't able to use up that iron because they had less
of other important nutrients,» Costa said.
A University
of New Mexico undergraduate engineering student
thinks algae could solve the problem
of arsenic contamination in water.
The two additional membranes are
thought to correspond to the plasma membrane
of the engulfed
alga and the phagosomal membrane
of the host cell.
I enjoyed so much to start
thinking in the capability
of small things to make a notable difference in biological systems, such as how the properties
of the cell membranes are influenced by its chemical composition, and how the food chain is mainly supported by the photosynthesis reaction
of plants and
algae, which ultimately lead us to survive.
I have crazy puffy eyes in the morning (we're talking beady - eyed Donald Trump kind
of puffy here, people), but the
algae mask did what I
thought only a few hours and a couple cups
of coffee could do.
Algae has been used by tens of millions of people in Asia for over 50 years — and even Olympic athletes and NASA astronauts have relied on algae for decades as a way to pack a lot of nutrients into a very small volume of food — since algae contains 1,000 times more nutrition than anything else in the world (or if you'd like to think about it this way, one gram of algae — about the equivalent in a tiny tablet — has the nutrition of 1,000 grams of fruits and vegetab
Algae has been used by tens
of millions
of people in Asia for over 50 years — and even Olympic athletes and NASA astronauts have relied on
algae for decades as a way to pack a lot of nutrients into a very small volume of food — since algae contains 1,000 times more nutrition than anything else in the world (or if you'd like to think about it this way, one gram of algae — about the equivalent in a tiny tablet — has the nutrition of 1,000 grams of fruits and vegetab
algae for decades as a way to pack a lot
of nutrients into a very small volume
of food — since
algae contains 1,000 times more nutrition than anything else in the world (or if you'd like to think about it this way, one gram of algae — about the equivalent in a tiny tablet — has the nutrition of 1,000 grams of fruits and vegetab
algae contains 1,000 times more nutrition than anything else in the world (or if you'd like to
think about it this way, one gram
of algae — about the equivalent in a tiny tablet — has the nutrition of 1,000 grams of fruits and vegetab
algae — about the equivalent in a tiny tablet — has the nutrition
of 1,000 grams
of fruits and vegetables).
Seriously — ask yourself — when was the last time you
thought of extremely energy dense foods like steak, nut butter, blueberries, kale and pictured
algae along in there with that stuff?
If you take a moment to
think back to your high school Biology class, you may remember that chlorophyll is the pigment which lends its green color to a variety
of plants and
algae.
Based on your evaluation, I am very suspect
of their effusiveness regarding Blue Green
Algae / and Green
Algae... which they seem to
think is «da bomb».
They can be consumed whole, meaning they provide calcium (bones), ample micronutrients (fish offal and heads), and all sorts
of fermenting goodness (whatever the fish ate, probably
algae or something, which makes them vegan I
think).
Responding to a new field
of critical
thought, Imperceptibly and Slowly Opening uses the group exhibition format to explore the strangeness
of plants and
algae, and how they trouble human structures.
I
think some research shows corals expelling their symbiotic
algae at higher temperatures, which will make growing more difficult, leading to greater difficulties in keeping the productive population at the proper depth, and they've got decreased ability to build their calcareous skeletons (due to the dissolving CO2) on top
of all that.
The downside
of algae biodiesel seems to be NOx emissions, but engineers
think this problem is solved with catalytic converters.
What I
thought about was floating
algae ponds at the mouths
of rivers, using water that otherwise would go into the sea.
Picture: soy and corn plantations and
algae in Chubut, Argentina.Leaving the most radical speeches behind, we
thought worth mentioning some excerpts from a document by Engineer Enrique Mario Martinez, president
of the Argentine National Institute for Industrial Technology (a well known investigation institution), who highlights issues like the low yield
of corn - based biodiesel, the different impacts in the environment between biodiesel and bioethanol, and the big oil companies interests in biodiesel mixed with petrol.
Many cities have transitioned to LED street lighting, but researchers
think algae may be the illumination
of the future.
-- then the answer is probably very little — the traditional
thinking (Sverdrup's critical depth concept) has the bloom requiring stratification (otherwise
algae moved up and down by mixing spend too little time in the illuminated part
of the water column).
Just when you
thought every niche had been filled, up comes an area
of practice to remind you that this is a more wrinkled world than we are typically aware and the practice
of law is a force second only to life itself, perhaps, when it comes to occupying all imaginable spaces: there is a law
of algae.