algae
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Shortly after reopening, the water turned green with algae.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
The heat, low oxygen and toxic algae all harm the chi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Coral is made up of tiny individual animals called polyps, which maintain a symbiotic relationship with microscopic algae that live within their tissues.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Last time a marine heatwave hit South Australia and Tasmania, there were starving penguins, fish kills, suffocating algae outbreaks, and jellyfish invasions.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
I ate algae throughout the day until my stomach could take no more.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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"More than 80 fish were observed around a single floating alga," said Mr Mazoudier.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024
Blue-green algae is not actually an alga but rather a type of bacteria called cyanobacteria.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023
Myriam Valero, a population geneticist at CNRS, the French national research agency, has been studying the genetics of the red alga Gracilaria gracilis for many years in the tidepools of Europe.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 27, 2022
Giant kelp is the common name for Macrocystis pyrifera, a species of alga that grows into lush underwater forests along the coast of the northeastern Pacific Ocean, from Baja California north to southeastern Alaska.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2022
She is curious; she wants to know the difference between an alga and a lichen, a Diplodon char- ruanus and a Diplodon delodontus.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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