Scientists have been campaigning to turn the fast-growing Azolla into a food of the future. Others envision it becoming both a sustainable biofuel and a fertilizer that captures carbon. What is Azolla ...

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Findings from this study suggest that azolla is food safe and has the potential to safely feed millions of people due to its rapid growth while free-floating on shallow fresh water without the need ...

Those driving along the Delta Highway north of the Valley River Center Mall may notice a unique quirk of the Delta Ponds this time of year: they are red. The red stuff adorning the 150-acre waterway ...

Azolla is an aquatic fern that can turn red as the seasons change. It often appears in still freshwater and annually shows up in splotches at Delta Ponds in Eugene. Nothing indicates autumn as much as ...

As a proud orange-and-black Beaver, I have to ask: What’s with the mileslong UO-green algae streak in the good old Willamette? Has the river started doing recruitment for the Ducks? —Jay H. My first ...