Clean and safe lake water is an important part of the Finnish identity. In recent decades, interest in the condition of lake ...

A second person has been poisoned by the toxic algae in Lake Hood near Ashburton. National Public Health Service (NPHS) medical officer of health Dr Cheryl Brunton said the person was jet-skiing last ...

Photo / Stephen Parker A health warning has been issued for Ōtautū Bay in Lake Rotoehu due to a bloom of potentially toxic ...

Rising temperatures and changing environmental conditions in the Great Lakes are contributing to harmful algal blooms, and ...

Even under the ice, cyanobacteria have been blooming in Partridge Lake. The water body located in Littleton and Lyman has suffered from frequent bouts of the photosynthetic bacteria, which feed ...

Cyanobacteria are probably the most numerous creatures to have ever existed on Earth. They’re good for making oxygen but otherwise bad news for most life forms. Through neglect of our water systems ...