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Why Some Lakes Turn Pink - Scientists Reveal The Secret

This is often caused by the presence of salt-tolerant algae that produces carotenoids, such as Dunaliella salina, usually in conjunction with specific bacteria and archaea. These tiny organisms work ...

How Sicily has celebrated its diversity through the centuries

A journey across Sicily reveals the essence of an island shaped by outsiders, where successive waves of immigration over the ...

From kasbahs to couscous—how Sicily has celebrated its diversity through the centuries

A journey across Sicily reveals the essence of an island shaped by outsiders, where successive waves of immigration over the ...

There is a lake in Utah that is shockingly pink (and yes, very real)

Most people think they have to leave the borders of the U.S. to see anything truly wondrous, especially as citizens who grew ...

Lake Hillier, in Australia has a 'candy pink' colour: What makes it look like that?

Lake Hillier, a vibrant pink lake in Western Australia, owes its striking hue to a complex community of pigment-rich microbes ...
The Mercury

Blue Marsh Lake algae likely caused Pottstown’s pink water

POTTSTOWN — It turns out the pink water coming out of Pottstown taps was experiencing recently was probably due to excessive algae. That’s what Borough Manager Justin Keller told council during ...

Exploration to Production Accelerates as Gold Price Recovers Above $4,000 Mark

Baystreet.ca News Commentary – Spot prices climbed back above $4,000 per ounce this week following a brief dip[1], ...
The New York Times

Why Is This Lake ‘Burping’?

For hundreds of years, people who have lived near Seneca Lake in upstate New York have reported hearing loud booms coming from the water. No one is exactly sure why. The Native people of the region ...
The Conversation

Africa’s ‘great green wall’ is stalling: in Senegal very few planted areas show progress

Annah Lake Zhu receives funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Amadou Ndiaye works at Amadou Mahtar Mbow university. So far, more than US$20 billion has been pledged, including large sums of ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Senegal Bond Yields Jump After Moody’s Credit-Rating Downgrade

Yields on Senegalese dollar bonds jumped after Moody’s Ratings warned there’s a growing risk that the West African nation may need to restructure its debt. The rate on securities maturing in 2031 ...
manilatimes

Sorsogon: A pink beach, a green lake, and a white coliseum

THERE’S more to Bicol than Mayon Volcano or the CamSur Watersports Complex. There’s the province of Masbate, the “Rodeo Capital of the Philippines”; Catanduanes, the “Happy Island”; and of course, ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Mackinaw City girls trounce Rudyard in pink out game; Inland Lakes boys slip at Mancelona

MACKINAW CITY — In its annual ‘Hooping for a Cure’ game, the Mackinaw City girls basketball team cruised to a 65-33 victory over Rudyard on Wednesday. “The girls did a great job hustling and battling ...