An article published in the June issue of BioScience describes the early scale-up stage of a new biotechnology with environmental benefits and possible commercial potential. Algal turf scrubbers are ...

The algal scrubber in action. Courtesy of Smithsonian Sidedoor Listen to this episode of Sidedoor, the Smithsonian podcast that explores behind-the-scenes stories from the Institution, for more ...

A new device called an algae turf scrubber is being used to help clean the water in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.The device works by pumping polluted water into a shallow screened trough, and as the water ...

The Algal Turf Scrubber (ATS) is one of the marine ecology field’s best-kept secrets. Invented by Smithsonian scientist Dr. Walter Adey in the 1980s, the ATS harvests algae from large bodies of water ...

The code has been copied to your clipboard. “Nature sometimes isn’t pretty,” said University of Maryland environmental scientist Peter May, grabbing a clump of slimy green-brown gunk. That gunk lines ...

Adey, Walter H., Craggs, R., Jensen, K., St. John, M., Green, F. B., and Oswald, W. 1995. "Phosphorus removal from wastewater using an algal turf scrubber." In ...

An article published in the June issue of BioScience gives a narration of the initial scale-up stage of a new biotechnology with environmental benefits. An article published in the June issue of ...