Researchers are newly documenting a community of algae that hang around just under the ice surface using samples collected by ...

Sargassum floats near the water’s surface, while kelp is anchored to rocks on the ocean floor. Both of these types of algae feed and give shelter to other marine life, including fish, turtles, ...

But what if this nutrient-polluted water could be used to grow useful types of algae, wondered Peter Lammers, a microbiologist at Arizona State University. His previous research on algal biofuels had ...