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Algal blooms notice for Molloy Island near Augusta

[ad_1] The Department of Health is warning people to avoid contact with a Lyngbya sp. macroalgal bloom that formed in the Scott River Basin east of Molloy Island and upstream from the confluence of the Scott River within Augusta-Margaret River County (see map below). Environmental Health Executive Director Dr. Mike …

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The study reveals the true origin of the oldest evidence of animals

[ad_1] Two teams of scientists have resolved a longstanding controversy over the origins of complex life on Earth. The joint studies found that molecular fossils extracted from 635-million-year-old rocks are not the earliest evidence of animals, but instead common algae. Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU), Max Planck Institute …

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