Blue-Green Planet: It’s a cyanobacterial world, and we just live on it.

by Olivia Foster Rhoades Green globs coat the shore and placards caution visitors from touching the water. First it was New Jersey’s Lake Hopatcong, then the Pacific Northwest, and most recently in Central Park. The culprit? An ancient and prolific family of microbes that have been shaping our world for millennia—cyanobacteria.” Cyanobacteria are bacteria that thrive in the same conditions that make algae flourish and … Continue reading Blue-Green Planet: It’s a cyanobacterial world, and we just live on it.