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Castlewellan: Triathlon entries postponed over blue-green algae in lake • May 11, 2025, 2:51 AM ET (BBC)
Before altering the air, microbes oxygenated large swaths of the sea • May 7, 2025, 4:29 AM ET (Science News)

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Also Known As cyanophyta • cyanobacteria • cyanophyte • cyanobacterium • Myxophyta

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