But while lifeless during that time, the planet was already covered by vast oceans dotted with hydrothermal vent systems that ...

Researchers have found that Earth’s first oceans may not have been blue at all like today. Instead, they may have gleamed in ...

Scientists have discovered evidence that Earth's oceans were once green, hinting that this could be a marker of early life, ...

The earliest lifeforms, cyanobacteria, appeared around 4 billion years ago. These organisms, now known as algae, were among the first to engage in oxygenic photosynthesis.

Everyone knows the Earth has constantly evolved over the course of billions of years, and the natural landscapes we see today ...

Blue-green algae has never been a food on my radar. But it turns out dried cyanobacteria both looks lovely and is packed with ...

Cyanobacteria are probably the most numerous creatures to have ever existed on Earth. They’re good for making oxygen but otherwise bad news for most life forms. Through neglect of our water systems ...

Imagine the world’s oceans with their beautiful blue color. Now, imagine that the same oceans were green. This is the intriguing possibility suggested by new research from Nagoya University in Japan.

It may look like these capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) are sitting in a swirl of green paint, but it’s actually a slick of potentially harmful cyanobacteria on the surface of the Salto ...

Even under the ice, cyanobacteria have been blooming in Partridge Lake. The water body located in Littleton and Lyman has suffered from frequent bouts of the photosynthetic bacteria, which feed ...

2024 LITTLETON — One of the Department of Environmental Services’ lead scientists is cautioning that an expensive chemical treatment is not a cure for cyanobacteria in water bodies ...

BMAA is produced by cyanobacteria — also commonly referred to as blue-green algae — and can be found in freshwater, estuaries and marine waters in Florida and across the globe. A couple ...