Brown algae removes 550 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually and stores it in its slime for up to thousands of years, a study has found. While it primarily uses the carbon to ...

EAST QUOGUE, Long Island (WABC) -- Murky brown water is creating a nuisance for people on Long Island. It's so gross beachgoers don't want to go in and fishermen can't even see what they are fishing ...

Brown algae are true wonder plants when it comes to absorbing carbon dioxide from the air. They even outcompete forests on land in this, and thus play a decisive role for the atmosphere and our ...

COCOA BEACH — Just when you thought that the Indian River Lagoon might be getting a little better, it's back: the brown algae that kills fish by the thousands is blooming, foreshadowing more doom for ...

Aqueous extracts of marine brown algae (Lobophoro variegata) can inhibit the replication of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) by preventing its entry into host cells, a research team has ...

The brown alga Sporochnus dotyi reflects shimmering green and blue light when illuminated from above. An example of structural coloring, the effect has been discovered by scuba divers and is not known ...

Brown algae are important players in the global carbon cycle by fixing large amounts of carbon dioxide and thus extracting this greenhouse gas from the atmosphere. Moreover, because microbial ...

The ocean off Cocoa Beach appears to have taken a cue from the hue linked with its name -- the water is brown. While the sight of murky water isn't uncommon from time to time, some say it seems that ...

Large, red-brown algal blooms were spotted across Puget Sound last week, according to the Washington State Department of Ecology. The department’s Marine Monitoring Unit saw the red-brown blooms near ...

Brown algae contain phlorotannins, aromatic (phenolic) compounds that are unique in the plant kingdom. As natural antioxidants, phlorotannins are of great interest for the treatment and prevention of ...

COCOA BEACH — Dawn Stevenson sees the brown, wool-like gunk lap up every summer. But in recent years, she's noticed more severe algae outbreaks hit her hometown beach. The stuff blanketed about a ...