Algae
noun
A group of simple, non-flowering plants that grow in water, often turning it green.
The pool is green because of the algae growing in it
Often appears as...
- blue-green algae
- marine algae
noun
Any of many small organisms that live almost everywhere in water and are often grouped together as 'plants'.
You can find algae not only in the ocean but also in lakes, rivers, and even puddles
Often appears as...
- algal bloom
- algae growth
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Scientific
noun
Green, brown, or red organisms that grow in or near water and do not have leaves, stems, or roots.
Algae are important because they make much of the Earth's oxygen
Often appears as...
- algae species
- algae population
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Academic
noun
A group of simple, non-flowering plants that grow in water, often turning it green.
The pool is green because of the algae growing in it
Often appears as...
- blue-green algae
- marine algae
noun
Any of many small organisms that live almost everywhere in water and are often grouped together as 'plants'.
You can find algae not only in the ocean but also in lakes, rivers, and even puddles
Often appears as...
- algal bloom
- algae growth
Usage tips
Scientific
noun
Green, brown, or red organisms that grow in or near water and do not have leaves, stems, or roots.
Algae are important because they make much of the Earth's oxygen
Often appears as...
- algae species
- algae population
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Water Environments
Algae commonly indicate water quality and ecosystem health in their habitats.
Scientists monitor algae as a water quality indicator.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Green
While often associated with green color, algae can also be other colors like red or brown.
Red tide is caused by a type of algae that turns coastal waters red.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Welcome
Algae can be undesirable, causing issues like pool contamination and clogging filters.
We need to clean the pool regularly to prevent algae buildup.
Pro Tip 1/3Water Environments
Algae commonly indicate water quality and ecosystem health in their habitats.
Scientists monitor algae as a water quality indicator.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Green
While often associated with green color, algae can also be other colors like red or brown.
Red tide is caused by a type of algae that turns coastal waters red.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Welcome
Algae can be undesirable, causing issues like pool contamination and clogging filters.
We need to clean the pool regularly to prevent algae buildup.
Pro Tip 1/3Water Environments
Algae commonly indicate water quality and ecosystem health in their habitats.
Scientists monitor algae as a water quality indicator.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Green
While often associated with green color, algae can also be other colors like red or brown.
Red tide is caused by a type of algae that turns coastal waters red.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Welcome
Algae can be undesirable, causing issues like pool contamination and clogging filters.
We need to clean the pool regularly to prevent algae buildup.
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Nathalie Cabrol: How...
And you can have what we call organic molecules, and these are the bricks of life, and you can have fossils, and you can minerals, biominerals, which is due to the reaction between bacteria and rocks, and of course you can have gases in the atmosphere. And when you look at those tiny green algae
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Bilal Bomani: Plant...
and it's very difficult to get them in large scale. So on large scale what do they use? We use open pond systems. Now, around the world they are growing algae, with this racetrack design that you see here. Looks like an oval with a paddle wheel and mixes really well,
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The wild sex lives of...
but a brief tour of marine life shows us just how diverse sex really is. It does not always involve strictly female and male individuals with differently sized sex cells that fuse internally. Many algae, for example, have sex cells that are indistinguishable in size.
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What is the biggest...
that have tiny bumps called microvilli to increase their surface area. But what about single-celled organisms? Caulerpa taxifolia, a green algae that can reach 30 centimeters long, is believed to be the largest single-celled organism in the world
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These animals are also...
supplying them with organic compounds through photosynthesis. In turn, they supply their little helpers with shelter and inorganic compounds. Some of these mixotrophs even transmit the algae to their offspring. Without the aid of these algae,
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The otherworldly...
Marine snow is basically organic matter, things like particles of dead algae, plants, and animals, drifting down into the depths and acting as food for deep-sea animals. Largely thanks to that, abundant life forms exist in the darkness,
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Can VR help create...
all of our oceans will look notice there's no coral and notice how algae has completely taken over the scene and stifled the rest of the life that's there carbon dioxide production is going to devastate the ocean scientists know this
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The microbial jungles...
to form vast communities known as biofilms. Natural biofilms are like miniature jungles filled with many kinds of microbes from across the web of life. Bacteria and archaea mingle with other microbes like algae, fungi, and protozoa,
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Deep Sea Diving For Food...
sparks the growth of green algae which feed the krill that ice home disappears suddenly the krill have to take that important place in the wider world and seeking safety in numbers they
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Coral Reefs 101 PIPE...
that helps protect young fish as they grow. Coral are translucent. Coral reefs get their rainbow of colors from algae, or zooxanthellae, that live in their tissue.
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Nathalie Cabrol: How...
And you can have what we call organic molecules, and these are the bricks of life, and you can have fossils, and you can minerals, biominerals, which is due to the reaction between bacteria and rocks, and of course you can have gases in the atmosphere. And when you look at those tiny green algae
Video examples
Bilal Bomani: Plant...
and it's very difficult to get them in large scale. So on large scale what do they use? We use open pond systems. Now, around the world they are growing algae, with this racetrack design that you see here. Looks like an oval with a paddle wheel and mixes really well,
Video examples
The wild sex lives of...
but a brief tour of marine life shows us just how diverse sex really is. It does not always involve strictly female and male individuals with differently sized sex cells that fuse internally. Many algae, for example, have sex cells that are indistinguishable in size.
Video examples
What is the biggest...
that have tiny bumps called microvilli to increase their surface area. But what about single-celled organisms? Caulerpa taxifolia, a green algae that can reach 30 centimeters long, is believed to be the largest single-celled organism in the world
Video examples
These animals are also...
supplying them with organic compounds through photosynthesis. In turn, they supply their little helpers with shelter and inorganic compounds. Some of these mixotrophs even transmit the algae to their offspring. Without the aid of these algae,
Video examples
The otherworldly...
Marine snow is basically organic matter, things like particles of dead algae, plants, and animals, drifting down into the depths and acting as food for deep-sea animals. Largely thanks to that, abundant life forms exist in the darkness,
Video examples
Can VR help create...
all of our oceans will look notice there's no coral and notice how algae has completely taken over the scene and stifled the rest of the life that's there carbon dioxide production is going to devastate the ocean scientists know this
Video examples
The microbial jungles...
to form vast communities known as biofilms. Natural biofilms are like miniature jungles filled with many kinds of microbes from across the web of life. Bacteria and archaea mingle with other microbes like algae, fungi, and protozoa,
Video examples
Deep Sea Diving For Food...
sparks the growth of green algae which feed the krill that ice home disappears suddenly the krill have to take that important place in the wider world and seeking safety in numbers they
Video examples
Coral Reefs 101 PIPE...
that helps protect young fish as they grow. Coral are translucent. Coral reefs get their rainbow of colors from algae, or zooxanthellae, that live in their tissue.
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Barry Gardiner
British Politician
As the oceans get hotter, corals also become heat-stressed and expel the algae that live on their skeletons, resulting in coral bleaching events that can wipe out entire reefs. This destroys the habitat that supports a quarter of all marine life.
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Evangeline Lilly
Canadian Actress
There are jobs to be created on both sides of the climate argument. Whether we are investing in oil or sun, coal or wind, gas or algae, the economy will be stimulated by the investment. The economy, unlike each of us, is not swayed by ideology.
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Edmund White
American Novelist
If you're a beach person or a golfer, Key West is not for you. Most of the sand has been imported, and the water is shallow until you've waded far out, and all the way the sea floor is covered with yucky algae and sea grass.
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Tatiana Schlossberg
Excess nitrogen from the fertilizers can cause eutrophication in the ocean, which can lead to harmful algae blooms or hypoxia - reduced levels of oxygen that create conditions in which organisms can't survive.
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Annalee Newitz
American Journalist
Cities might become biological entities, walls hung with curtains of algae that glow at night and sequester carbon, and floors made from tweaked cellular material that strengthens like bones as we walk on it.
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Craig Venter
American Scientist
Everybody is looking for a naturally occurring algae that is going to be a miracle cell to save the world, and after a century of looking, people still haven't found it.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
Nearly all edible seaweeds - or 'sea vegetables,' as they ought technically to be called - belong to one of three broad groups: green, red and brown algae.
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Homaro Cantu
American Inventor
The Japanese have a long lifespan in part because they eat different forms of algae.
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Vaclav Smil
Czechoslovakian Scientist
I appreciate and love blue-green algae.
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Jamie Hyneman
American Entertainer
Algae are such basic, simple organisms.
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Barry Gardiner
British Politician
As the oceans get hotter, corals also become heat-stressed and expel the algae that live on their skeletons, resulting in coral bleaching events that can wipe out entire reefs. This destroys the habitat that supports a quarter of all marine life.
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Evangeline Lilly
Canadian Actress
There are jobs to be created on both sides of the climate argument. Whether we are investing in oil or sun, coal or wind, gas or algae, the economy will be stimulated by the investment. The economy, unlike each of us, is not swayed by ideology.
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Edmund White
American Novelist
If you're a beach person or a golfer, Key West is not for you. Most of the sand has been imported, and the water is shallow until you've waded far out, and all the way the sea floor is covered with yucky algae and sea grass.
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Tatiana Schlossberg
Excess nitrogen from the fertilizers can cause eutrophication in the ocean, which can lead to harmful algae blooms or hypoxia - reduced levels of oxygen that create conditions in which organisms can't survive.
Quote examples
Annalee Newitz
American Journalist
Cities might become biological entities, walls hung with curtains of algae that glow at night and sequester carbon, and floors made from tweaked cellular material that strengthens like bones as we walk on it.
Quote examples
Craig Venter
American Scientist
Everybody is looking for a naturally occurring algae that is going to be a miracle cell to save the world, and after a century of looking, people still haven't found it.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
Nearly all edible seaweeds - or 'sea vegetables,' as they ought technically to be called - belong to one of three broad groups: green, red and brown algae.
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Homaro Cantu
American Inventor
The Japanese have a long lifespan in part because they eat different forms of algae.
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Vaclav Smil
Czechoslovakian Scientist
I appreciate and love blue-green algae.
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Jamie Hyneman
American Entertainer
Algae are such basic, simple organisms.
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