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 ...

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the ocean produce toxins that can sicken humans and marine animals. A new study has found an increase in large-whale deaths and injuries near HABs on the U.S. East ...

As harmful algal blooms (HABs) continue to spread across the globe, urgent research is needed to address this growing threat. Studies in Italy, China, and the Atlantic basin have shown that many ...

While red tides and other algal blooms can occur worldwide, Karenia brevis is found almost exclusively in the Gulf of Mexico but also has been found on the east coast of Florida and off the coast of ...

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 ...

A deadly algae bloom that has killed nearly eight million Atlantic salmon being farmed in northern Norway appears to be dispersing, according to the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries. The bloom, ...

The Shreveport Water and Sewerage Department has addressed the temporary taste and odor change to the city drinking water. According to the water department, these changes are result of a natural ...

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 ...

Southland's regional council is investigating reports of an algal bloom in Doubtful Sound and whether it's connected to local fish deaths. The algal bloom was reported in Crooked Arm and commercial ...

Bear Island’s algal bloom spanned 400 km in Barents Sea Von Kármán vortices formed over Miseryfjellet mountain Radioactive waters raise ecological concerns near Bear Island ...

In this study, we used the Changjiang River Estuary as an example to show that a significant consequence can be resulted in such a situation. Through analyzing the harmful algal bloom events data and ...