algae
Discovery of 1.6 BILLION-year-old fossils could change what you know about life on Earth
Swedish researchers in India have found what may be the oldest plant-like life discovered on Earth: 1.6 billion years.
Algal blooms appear in southern Baltic Sea
The first signs of this year's cyanobacteria - also known as blue-green algae - blooms are now visible in southern and central areas of the Baltic Sea, according a report from Sweden's weather agency, SMHI.
Vattenfall plant tests CO2-scrubbing algae
Swedish energy group Vattenfall announced on Thursday that has launched a major pilot project using algae to absorb greenhouse gas emissions from a coal-fired power plant in eastern Germany.
Algal blooms under way in Baltic Sea
The first signs of this year's cyanobacteria - also known as blue-green algae - blooms are now visible in the Baltic Sea on satellite images.
Study: Ocean 'dead zones' expanding
Oceanic "dead zones" where marine life cannot survive have been steadily increasing over the past five decades and now encompass 400 coastal areas of the world, a US-Swedish study said Friday.
Summer warmth brings algae threat
Forecasters predict several more days of warm summer weather in Sweden, but warn that high temperatures may also cause widespread blooming of poisonous blue-green algae in coastal waters.
Algae returns to Stockholm archipelago
The scourge of Sweden's Baltic bathers is back. A slimy blanket of blue-green algae has drifted north from the waters around the island of Gotland and has now reached the Stockholm archipelago, the Coastguard has reported after a surveillance flight.
Phophorous 'could be banned from detergents'
Sweden's government wants to ban the use of phosphorous in detergents, which are adding to the problem of algae blooms in the Baltic Sea.
Algae starts blooming in Baltic
The summer's first blue-green algae has started blooming in the Baltic Sea.
Baltic algae "could be beaten with oxygen"
The increasing problem with algae in the Baltic sea could be solved with oxygen. The solution is to artificially infuse the sea water with oxygen, claim a number of scientists.