[neverdem]

Instead, these opportunistic organisms may simply be capitalizing on the slow death of the invertebrates due to pollution, climate change, or other factors.

I figured climate change would get mentioned somewhere. But what happened to ocean acidification from the very weak acid, carbonic acid from CO2? /sarc

[HiTech RedNeck]

Overfishing is being blamed for the overgrowth of coral killing algae, but most of the coral killing algae has terpenes that fish usually don’t like. Sounds like back to the drawing board to me. Of course to people, coral is much prettier than seaweed, so naturally coral gets the cheers. Good thing for coral that fish don’t eat much of it, if any.

[ninonitti]

Bush’s Fault!

[TXnMA]

Terpenes are chemically akin to pine rosin -- which is a reducing agent and is used as a flux for soldering, and is a source of turpentine.

It's a strange "evolutionary quirk" to see terpenes show up in seaweed...

[neverdem]

Omega-3 fatty acids shown to prevent or slow progression of osteoarthritis

Low birthweight infants five times more likely to have autism

Shift work in teens linked to increased multiple sclerosis risk (and more - circadian disruption)

Malaria Vaccine Meets (Modest) Expectations

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[djf]

Is there really such a thing as Californian algae?
Or did they mix it up with some other kind of slime?

(Jus kiddin! Jus kiddin!! Don’t y’all get your boxers in a bunch!!)