Algae

Okay… You reach down and take these balls and they put them in a white bucket and then they take them back to the factory where they're washed and rinsed in fresh water. Dried in the sun and then the entire algae is melded into a powder. So you have in effect, not in effect, you have a whole food, an entire plant is melded into this powder, and that powder has approximately thirty percent elemental calcium, so it’s very high. Calcium citrate about twenty-one…

biodiversity are important for ecosystem performance and coral reef functionality (Bellwood et al., 2004). Three critical groups that help aid in the health of the coral reef are, coral eating bio-eroding fish, scraping herbivores which remove sediment and algae, and…

“Poach the Poachers” Did you know that since 1960, the black rhino population has decreased by 97.6% due to poaching. This is according to the African Wildlife Foundation who is trying to raise efforts to bring attention to the serious danger some animals are in, and the culprit for these animals nearing extinction is in fact humans. For many years the human species has been killing off animals for sometimes no other reason than the thrill they feel when they are hunting down one of these…

Shea: The indicator we chose for this project was Nitrogen. Anjuna: Nitrogen is a chemical found in fertilizers, air pollution, factories, homes, and septic tanks. It dissolves in the run off and becomes part of the Chesapeake Bay. Then it feeds algae, which blocks sunlight from plants and animals then during decomposition, creates dead zones that steal the oxygen from the plants and animals. It kills the animals and plants which disturbs the ecosystem. If more dead zones keep appearing the…

Increased ocean acidification isn’t the only thing affecting the ocean, but it is very problematic because it erodes aragonite which is a mineral of calcium carbonate. In other words it kills corals and causes the hard exoskeleton to erode. Action needs to be taken to ensure the survival of corals and the creatures that rely on coral reefs to survive. Coral reefs are sources of food for millions of people, but also are sources of medicines. As coral reefs disappear so do the organisms that are…

Water is a colorless, transparent and odorless liquid that exists in all three states of matter. It plays three major roles as the: a) universal solvent, b) reactant molecule, and d) temperature stabilizer. Water is created when Hydrogen and Oxygen undergoes synthesis reaction as 2H2 + O2  2H¬2¬O. In the process, an oxygen atom is covalently bonded to the two hydrogen atoms forming a non-linear molecular shape of water. According to the Valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory, the…

calm and peaceful reserve. Murky and opaque, the ocean still conceals much from humanity; science has yet to find the true treasure buried deep within the massive depth of the ocean—its potential for medicine. Its potential lies within its stationary algae strapped to the floor, its potential lies within its minute microbes unseen to the human eye, and its potential lies within its wide range of animals, from bright, yellow sponges, to vivid, orange coral. While medicine derived from terrestrial…

Phosphorus was discovered by the German alchemist Hennig Brandt, in 1669. In a surely arduous process, Brandt heated and processed 50 to 60 buckets, per experiment, of urine until he isolated a substance he named ‘light-bearer’ or phosphorus. Each of these experiments could take two weeks. He would let these buckets of urine stand until they ‘bred worms’. Brandt would then boil the urine with sand, and this is how he distilled elemental phosphorus. This discovery is also notable, aside from…

To start off the exhibit is the Precambrian period. The Precambrian period lasted for 4 billion years. Scientists believe that this period where 90%of earth's history was discovered. Life first started evolving, and progresses and changed the planet. Scientists discovered the truth about organic compounds, the first prokaryotic cells and the first meteorites to hit the earth. Scientists believe that some of these meteorites gave rise to organic compounds, or life's building blocks. The Cambrian…

catastrophes in the world resulting from Global warming. In retrospect, Matel provides an alternative solution in his book. In Life of Pi, Matel described a symbiotic algae island, which the native meerkat are cautious of the island hazardous mechanism and use the flaw of their environment to their advantage : “ At night […], the predatory algae turned highly acidic and the ponds became vats of acid that digested fish. […] This was why meerkats slept in the trees.” ( Matel 312 -…