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There are as many algae on Earth as stars in the universe, and they have been essential to life on our planet for eons. Algae created the Earth we know today, with its oxygen-rich atmosphere, abundant oceans, and coral reefs. Crude oil is made of dead algae, and algae are the ancestors of all plants. Today, seaweed production is a multi-billion dollar industry, with algae hard at work to make your sushi, chocolate milk, beer, paint, toothpaste, shampoo...

Certain types of algae blooms can produce toxins that can be harmful to humans and animals. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) designed this toolkit to assist recreational water managers in assessing their water bodies for potential health impacts of toxic algae. This algae bloom risk-management toolkit is not a standard or regulation, nor does it create new legal obligations. The toolkit was created as a supplement to...

Part memoir, part manifesto, in Eat Like a Fish Bren Smith—a former commercial fisherman turned restorative ocean farmer—shares a bold new vision for the future of food: seaweed. Through tales that span from his childhood in Newfoundland to his early years on the high seas aboard commercial fishing trawlers, from pioneering new forms of ocean farming to surfing the frontiers of the food movement, Smith introduces the world of sea-based agriculture,...

This book introduces you to creatures from the protist kingdom, from microscopic protozoans to seaweedlike algae. It examines the parts, life cycle, and reproduction of various types of protists. It also looks at the harmful effects some protists have on humans.

This colorful and stimulating volume will enthrall readers with its incredible presentations of complex algae, fungi, and plant life. Students will learn that there's more to flowers than beauty, some plants are dangerous to other plant life around them, and algae can reproduce in different ways depending on the species and environmental conditions. Readers will discover that some cultures have been using healing herbs for centuries, some fungi are...

Everybody has stem cells; everybody uses stem cells; everybody uses stem cells every day; stem cells work… and they work every time! This is a good story to tell in our generation. It’s a story in two parts. First, there is the Natural Renewal System of the body which involves the release of those stem cells from the bone marrow. They then traffic to tissues in need where they migrate out, proliferate and differentiate to become cells of each...