The proliferations have become increasingly common in recent years and can have health and economic impacts in affected areas ...

A health alert has been issued for harmful blue-green algae toxins in several lakes around Orange County, according to a news ...

Researchers say chlorine in combination with ultraviolet light works to degrade deadly toxins created by harmful algae blooms in drinking water.

In a paper published in National Science Review, an international team of scientists conduct an in-depth study of algal blooms in large lakes worldwide. Using daily MODIS satellite data from 2003 to ...

Harmful algal blooms, sometimes called HABs, occur when algae grow out of control. Algae are photosynthetic organisms that mostly live in water and rely on the sunlight for energy. Because of ...

Most algae blooms are harmless, however blue-green algae, when present in high concentrations, can produce toxins. Blue-green algae are found throughout Minnesota, but thrive particularly in warm ...

Last summer, blue-green algal blooms were reported in lakes across the state, from near the Iowa border all the way to the Canadian border. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA ...

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 ...

That’s a testament to there only being algae bloom advisories along Lake Mohave rather than full closures of certain sites. “It’s like saying there’s a bear in the woods,” Rackliffe said ...

The EU's Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission, offers a sweeping view of an algae bloom around the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic The European Union Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission back in November ...