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UF study reveals environmental impact of artificial sweeteners


July 8, 2024

The human body’s inability to break down sucralose, an artificial sweetener found in many zero-calorie food and drink products, is well established by scientific research. The compound is so stable that it escapes wastewater treatment processing ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Algae, Amelia Westmoreland, Aquatic Biology, Aquatic Environment, Artificial Sweetener, Bacteria, Biology, Cyanobacteria, Diatom, Ecosystem, Envionrmental, Environment, Environmental Impact, Environmental Impacts, Food Chain, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Marine, Megan Winslow, Microbial Communities, Microbial Respiration, Nutrient, Photosynthesis, Soil, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sucralose, Tracey Schafer, UF, UF/IFAS, University Of Florida, Wastewater, Water And Ecosystem Sciences Department, Whitney Laboratory For Marine Bioscience, Zero-calorie

While volunteers keep an ‘Eye on Seagrass,’ Florida Sea Grant launches new website for the citizen science program


September 5, 2023

Citizen scientists help preserve seagrasses in the Panhandle and Southwest Florida through a program called Eyes on Seagrass, which now has a dedicated webpage where potential volunteers can learn more. The efforts of the people who give ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Algae, Charlotte County, Citizen Scientists, Escambia County, Eyes On Seagrass, Florida Sea Grant, Kate Rose, Laura Reynolds, Lee County, Rick O'Connor, Santa Rosa County, Sarasota County, Seaweed, Soil, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Volunteers, Water

UF-led research gets help from NFL player and an Air Force veteran to restock sea urchins on coral reef


March 27, 2023

On and off over the past four decades, scientists have tried a handful of times to restore sea urchins on coral reefs because they eat harmful algae that otherwise smother the ecosystems. Results of a new collaborative study show promise ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Aaron Pilnick, Air Force Veteran, Algae, Apollo Beach, Caribbean, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Coral Reefs, Diadema, Florida Aquarium, Force Blue Team, Frost Museum Of Science, Key Biscayne, NFL, Rainbow Reef, Restocking, Restoration, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Sea Urchins, Survival
image- photochemical reactor - Dr. Myoseng Jang - students - HABs study on microcystin progression study

UF scientists show how long toxins produced by HABs of blue-green algae remain in the air


October 12, 2020

DAVIE, Fla. --- Rivers, lakes, and ponds are recreational destinations for swimming, fishing, boating and more. When cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) form releasing toxins into these freshwater systems, there can be harmful impacts ... READ MORE

Category: NATURAL RESOURCES, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS
Tags: Air Quality, Algae, FLREC, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, H. Dail Laughinghouse IV, HABs, Herbert Wertheim College Of Engineering, Microcystin, Myoseon Jang, UF IFAS Agronomy, UF/IFAS FLREC, UF/IFAS SNRE, Water Institute, Water Quality

UF study: To help prevent harmful algal blooms, limit nitrogen and phosphorus


March 6, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Algal blooms can kill fish and harm a lake’s ecosystem, but by reducing two nutrients together such as nitrogen and phosphorus – not just one or the other -- water managers might limit the blooms in lakes and rivers, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering Department, Algae, Algal Blooms, Ed Phlips, Lake George, News, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Program In Fisheries And Aquatics Sciences, Rafael Munoz-Carpena

UF/IFAS study finds algal cells create fat more quickly than thought, could aid biofuel research


August 30, 2013

Click here for high-resolution image. Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Many scientists see great promise in algae as a new source of oil -- a sustainable, environmentally sound way to break the world’s fossil fuel dependence. Algal ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Algae, Bala Rathinasabapathi, Biofuel, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Elton Goncalves, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Lipids, Oil, Plant Molecular And Cellular Biology Program, Planta, University Of Florida

Two UF/IFAS faculty earn place on list of top women professors in Florida


May 22, 2013

Captions at the bottom. Click here and here for high resolution versions. GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences faculty members have been included in a list of the top 25 women professors ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Algae, Anaerobic, Ann Wilkie, Belle Glade, Best Management Practices And Long-Term Water Quality Trends In The Everglades Agricultural Area, Bioenergy, Everglades Research And Education Center, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, North American Colleges And Teachers Of Agriculture Teacher Fellow Award, Samira Daroub, Soil And Water Sciences, University Of Florida