Harmful algal blooms (HAB) are recurrent phenomena in northern Europe along the coasts of Baltic Sea, Kattegat-Skagerrak, eastern North Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea. These HABs have caused occasional massive losses for aquaculture industry chronically affected socioeconomic interests several ways. This status review gives an overview historical HAB events summarises reports to Algae Event Data...

domestication of animals has had some important effects on physiology, morphology, behavior and well-being of domesticated animals. conscious or goal directed selections on animals for increasing their productions has accelerated the rate of the changes, leading to some well-being defections. this paper notes some aspects of animal domestication in context of genetic science. then explains how ...

BACKGROUND Stratospheric ozone is being depleted and ambient ultraviolet (UV) irradiance is probably increasing. While remedial steps have been taken through the Montreal protocols, at best it will take some 90 years for stratospheric ozone concentrations to return to the levels existing in the 1970s. METHODS The evidence that these changes may have harmful effects on health has been reviewed...