Tag: algae

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Patagonia university to develop noodles made of algae which shall taste like squid

  

  Argentina's National University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco from Comodoro Rivadavia, in the province of Chubut, is undertaking the development of noodles with a 30% substitution of wheat flour for algae which shall taste like squid, it was announced.

• Monday, January 11th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Algae blooms in the South West Atlantic caught on satellite images

  

  In austral spring and summer, conditions in the South Atlantic off Patagonia often become just right for phytoplankton, and populations of the plant-like organisms explode into enormous blooms.

• Friday, May 22nd 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  Climate change turning Antarctica “green” as algae blooms proliferate

  

  Antarctica conjures images of an unbroken white wilderness but blooms of algae are giving parts of the frozen continent an increasingly green tinge. Warming temperatures due to climate change are helping the formation and spread of “green snow” and it is becoming so prolific in places that it is even visible from space, according to new research.

• Tuesday, January 12th 2016 - 06:25 UTC

  Chile seaweed exports net 209 million dollars in nine months

  

  Seaweed exports from Chile reached 209 million dollars in the first nine months of the year, which is 16.4% below the same period in 2014.According to the latest Boletín de Exportaciones Pesqueras y de Acuicultura de Chile, (Fisheries and Aquaculture exports report) prepared by the Economy Department of the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP), the contribution of these products to total income received from the sector's exports was 5%.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 01:36 UTC

  Chilean company farming algae for future production of bio-fuels

  

  BAL Chile SA is dedicated to farming algae on the island of Chiloé and in a second stage, plans to produce bio-fuels for industrial use, announced the company’s CEO Benjamin González.

• Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 19:07 UTC

  Baltic Sea patched with ‘dead zones’ reveals research expedition

  

  A research expedition in the Baltic Sea has yielded spectacular photos of surprisingly colourful life below the calm surface. But the images also reveal a more sinister reality -- the alarming spread of “dead zones” threatening aquatic life.