When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...
Legal action continues in efforts at cleaning up a portion of Ohio's waterways. The Ohio EPA has been added as a defendant, ...
New research on the cost of reducing the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone places a $7 billion dollar annual price tag on reaching ...
The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...
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High temperatures can bring harmful algal blooms
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 ...
When populations of tiny aquatic organisms called cyanobacteria (formerly known as blue-green algae) explode, their toxic ...
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 ...
The vast majority of the water flowing into the St. Lucie Estuary is from local communities — not Lake Okeechobee.' ...
Algae blooms are a problem in many communities around Florida, especially in Clay County. The county’s water management team ...
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 ...