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

Lakes, natural and man-made, provide water, food and habitats for wildlife, and also support local economies. Around the ...

To try to understand how harmful algal blooms might evolve in Lake Erie in a warming climate, University of Michigan scientists helped conduct a survey of cyanobacteria in a gulf of Kenya's Lake ...

A boat motors through Lake Erie during an algal bloom, Monday, August 26, 2024, at Maumee Bay State Park in Oregon, Ohio. Joshua A. Bickel/AP Photo HABs, caused by cyanobacteria in the water ...

When populations of tiny aquatic organisms called cyanobacteria (formerly known as blue-green algae) explode, their toxic ...

“Not every lake gets algal blooms, but some lakes ... around Florida and the U.S., as well as the ocean—free of blue-green algae or red tides means changing the way humans interact with ...

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 ...

Research on Kenya's Lake Victoria's Winam Gulf, a potential model for Lake Erie, reveals year-round harmful algal blooms dominated by cyanobacteria like Dolichospermum, Microcystis, and Planktothrix.

Lake Victoria now receives large ... Local authorities can now monitor for these cyanobacteria and warn residents to stay away when blooms are present. The findings also mean that authorities ...