Cyanobacteria are among the most significant life forms in the history of our planet. As one of the first organisms to produce oxygen through photosynthesis, they shaped early Earth and created the ...

Doctors and scientists at Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire are among a team exploring whether environmental toxins may be related to neurodegenerative diseases.They have found ...

Chinese scientists spray lab-grown cyanobacteria onto desert sand to create fertile farmable soil in 10 months, reducing wind ...

Cyanobacteria, as they still exist today, were the first organisms to carry out photosynthesis and release oxygen. Produced in primeval oceans about 2.5 billion years ago, this oxygen accumulated in ...

China accelerates desert restoration: 3.5 billion-year-old microbes stabilize sand and protect ecosystems in months.

Life on Earth may have learned to breathe oxygen long before oxygen filled the skies. MIT researchers traced a key ...

Cyanobacteria season is in full swing in New Hampshire. And rising temperatures means those blooms have more of a chance to thrive during a longer cyanobacteria season. Read more about how climate ...

An example of a Cyanobacteria bloom in a NH pond. To everything there is a season and this is the season when we go swimming and we spend a lot of time talking about Cyanobacteria. So what is it, ...

Scientists in northwestern China are releasing soil "seed" into arid desert areas to form artificial biological soil crusts, ...

On a lake, it can look like pea soup, a green mat or blue or green paint. It might also look purplish or pink. No matter the color, it’s cyanobacteria, and it's toxic. While typically a late summer ...