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 ...

Harmful algal blooms, sometimes called HABs, occur when algae grow out of control. Algae are photosynthetic organisms that ...

The idyllic Boracay Island beach was empty of tourists as it turned green from algal bloom. Footage shows the usual crystal clear shores now covered with a thick layer of dark green algae in Aklan, ...

their toxic overgrowth can threaten human drinking water and cause wildlife deaths in events known as harmful algal blooms (HABs). In freshwater environments such as lakes, ponds and streams ...

Tracking algae species interactions to help predict harmful algae blooms. ScienceDaily . Retrieved February 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 02 / 250207122455.htm ...

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the ocean produce toxins ... For instance, Hazen said, warm water can cause HABs but can also drive anchovies and their whale predators closer to shore, where ...

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 ...

What steps can researchers take to reduce the amount of harmful algal blooms (HABs), which pose threats to marine ... investigated how algal biomass could be modified to remove phosphates from the ...

An algal bloom is the overgrowth of algae in a body of water. The standard method for monitoring its population in water is measuring chlorophyll-a, the green pigment found in algae. “If we wait for ...

According to the water department, these changes are result of a natural algae bloom in Cross Lake. This algae bloom has led to the presence of Geosmin, a harmless compound responsible for an earthy ...

But if these red tide blooms ... Algae Task Force consisting of the state’s leading environmental scientists who, in October of that year, issued eight recommendations addressing water quality ...