The Great Lakes have been brutally compromised over the years, by overfishing and industrial pollution for example, and more recently by the outbreak of toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie. Perhaps the ...

When the summer sun shines and temperatures climb, conditions are ripe for Minnesota lakes to produce harmful algal blooms. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reminded people this week that some ...

Toxic algae has ... harmful algal blooms, by half in the Burrum River catchment by 2050. Environmental groups said along with more regular water quality monitoring in Hervey Bay, the JCU study ...

When certain algae flourish in the sea, they produce neurotoxins that can sicken both humans and marine animals. Acute ...

In freshwater environments such as lakes, ponds and streams, a cyanobacterium known as Microcystis aeruginosa is responsible for most toxic harmful algal bloom episodes. While most efforts on ...

However, the brown algae bloom in the Bay of Bengal is primarily caused by diatoms. They explain that the river water flowing into the sea contains an abundance of nutrients essential for the ...

A research team at Clarkson University recently published a study about a plant-based alternative to traditional chemical methods of combating Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). The study, published by ...

A humpback whale breaching in Monterey Bay, California. Image by Dr. Mridula Srinivasan/NOAA via Flickr (CC BY-SA 4.0). The study also looked at the kinds of algae present in the blooms putting ...

The vast majority of the water flowing into the St. Lucie Estuary is from local communities — not Lake Okeechobee.' ...

What steps can researchers take to reduce the amount of harmful algal blooms (HABs), which pose threats to marine ecosystems across the planet? This is what a recent study published in Algal Research ...

The bill focuses on advancing scientific understanding of harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, which are critical issues impacting water quality, marine life, and public health. It establishes action ...