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How to Battle Cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria can be tricky to get rid of, but with these tips you will be sure to beat it with some patience and a little work.
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Facts: Shark Bay's stromatolites
Stromatolites may not be cute, but they are the oldest living organisms on earth. They can only be found in the Bahamas and Shark Bay, Western Australia.
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How I Discovered Lichens
Nature provides such rich environments that my senses can't comprehend all of the details at once. Then, I actually <b>see</b> something for the first time and I get this real thrill of discovery. After that my curiousity takes over. Here's what happened when I discovered lichens.
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Paleobotany I
There is more to the study of paleontology than extinct animals, what about the plant life?
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What is Chlorophyll?
It's what makes leaves green!
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Lichens
Lichens are a marriage between a fungus and an alga. Each benefits from this symbiotic relationship. Visit the web pages in this week's article to see how diverse, beautiful and colourful lichens are. You will simply be amazed.
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Mysterious green crust on a blasted planet
Lichens are the dominant form of vegetation on eight per cent of the earth's land surface, and a major contributor of nutrients to barren environments such as desert and tundra. They are a key indicator of ecological change and a warning signal of decline. Use the internet to learn about them and use them to monitor environmental health where you live.
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Slime
Slime or mucus is generally considered disgusting. But slime has some very practical uses. Find out more in this week's article.
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Bring the treetops indoors
Epiphytes, plants that grow on other plants, are essential to forest ecosystems. Learn about them by growing ferns, bromeliads and orchids indoors.
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Little Lively Chemists - I
Despite their minute size the bacteria can carry out a vast range of biochemical reactions including the master process of food and oxygen making – photosynthesis.
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Walkerton tragedy highlights microbial ecology
The deadly <i>E. coli</i> outbreak in Walkerton draws attention to a fascinating and essential aspect of life on earth.
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Micropaleontology
Micropaleontology is an often forgotten field of paleontology.
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Spirulina is Nature's Gift for Optimum Health
Spirulina looks and smells like one might find it at the bottom of an aquarium; however, this fresh-water plant derives its energy from sunlight through photosynthesis.
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Bryopsis: A Common Pest in Aquaria
Information and tips for eradication of the nuisance algae Bryopsis, indicating high levels of dissolved nutrients in the aquarium.
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Cell Structure
A look at the structural components of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells and the differences between the two types of cell.
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Get a life IV
Given the right conditions, life started almost immediately; yet the road to complex organisms and to intelligence was probably more arduous and fraught with devastating incidents of which the sky was not absent.
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Get a life III
After sniffing well over 99.9% of tentative locations around the Milky Way, a common yet tranquil corner in the Universe, we found a likely place to inhabit. A warm, cozy planet with steady climate driven by a stable star and sizable moon. Now we look to earthly needed features for life to spring.
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