Spring weather brings welcome conditions for flowers and plant life to bloom across the land. The right mixture of temperature, moisture, and light helps keep the green world vibrant. Underwater plant ...

Artistic impression of the interaction of uranium with the freshwater diatom Achnanthidium saprophilum. Such diatoms can be the entry point for the accumulation of pollutants - for example ...

A new way of measuring the relative habitability of freshwater environments for fish and aquatic insects suggests that New Jersey’s water monitoring and treatment standards could use a boost. Using a ...

Benthic diatoms are the most important and biodiverse primary producers in streams and comprise the basis for the food webs, fueling animals such as insects and stream fishes including trout. Benthic ...

Diatoms are unicellular photosynthetic eukaryotes within the stramenopiles, characterized by intricately patterned siliceous cell walls (frustules) composed of biogenic opal. They are major primary ...

This story originally appeared in Hakai magazine and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Nestled in the heart of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University ...