Researchers at the University of Duisburg-Essen have now developed a new method for purifying polluted water. Their recent study demonstrates* that the fossil remains of diatoms (a type of algae ...
With further refinement and scalability, this method could become a key tool for managing nutrient pollution ... green algae, can be used to create materials that remove phosphate from water.
Dead plants are decomposed by bacteria, which use up the oxygen in the water during respiration. Algae blooms prevent ... as an indicator species for air pollution. are commonly used to determine ...