
What if we could turn the tables and use living organisms to do the heavy lifting of water treatment? One promising tool is itself an ecological disaster: Algal blooms.
Algal blooms occur when there is an excess of nutrients in warm water. These bacteria use up all the oxygen in the water creating a dead-zone that prevents any other life from growing. Turns out it may be possible to harness this die off for something productive. | READ MORE
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