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The competition, named "Tick Tick Bloom," asks participants to look at satellite images of inland water bodies and to notice if algal blooms are present. If they are, participants should classify ...

One of the largest algae blooms in recent memory in San Francisco Bay could intensify with the arrival later this week of what promises to be the longest, most intense heat wave of the year ...

Swirling blooms of luminous green, turquoise and yellow algae have been detailed in striking satellite images, unveiled in a new study that also brings a warning for the ocean. Phytoplankton ...

American space agency NASA is offering cash prizes for finding algal blooms in pictures from space. The competition asks participants to use satellite imagery to detect and classify the severity ...

SEE ALSO: This view finally makes me want to risk my life to fly to space Ephemeral blooms of algae create ethereal -- and sometimes dangerous -- swirls of green and blue in bodies of water around ...

The city of Lake Elsinore regularly tests for harmful algal blooms as part of its “Lake Watch” program and shares satellite pictures of the water conditions. If the water seems suspicious and ...

Florida’s Harmful Algal Bloom Task Force met in St. Petersburg Tuesday and gave an update based on recent satellite images. The task force was reactivated in 2019 by Governor Ron DeSantis to focus on ...

Marine life care centers across Southern California are reporting a surge in the number of stranded dolphins and sick seals, likely caused by a growing toxic algal bloom off the coast. The Marine ...

Washtenaw County Health Department officials are urging caution around Ypsilanti's Ford Lake, after the discovery of a harmful algal bloom. A resident reported a suspected harmful algal bloom on ...

Satellite images have revealed a massive algal bloom and red floodwaters to the north of WA’s Pilbara coast in the wake of ...