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For about a year, an algal bloom in South Australian waters has had devastating effects on marine life. At my local beach, walks were a sad parade of dead sea life.

Quick-growing blooms of bacteria and algae have long been a hazard in lakes and rivers, because of the toxins they produce. Fueled in part by agricultural runoff, these blooms are also threatening ...

High in the Rockies, researchers are discovering that wind-borne pollution and rising heat are fueling unprecedented algal blooms ...

Health officials in Hillsborough County are urging the public to stay out of Lake Thonotosassa following the discovery of harmful blue-green algae toxins.

Protecting Owasco Lake will continue to require a mix of science, regulation and cooperation across the watershed, according to Adam Effler, PhD, executive director of the Owasco Lake Watershed ...

Algae blooms and fish kills aren’t just an environmental issue, they are also an economic one. It has costed Florida billions ...

As chilly weather sweeps through the Berkshires, officials say to avoid Pontoosuc Lake and Richmond Pond. Both bodies of water have active public health advisories after blue-green algae blooms were ...

Microplastics cause decreases in the populations of grazing animals in ponds, ultimately resulting in toxic algal blooms.

Health officials are warning residents to avoid the water of Brookline Reservoir and Crystal Lake in Newton because of algae blooms. Both bodies of water have blooms of a blue-green algae known as ...

The City of Boulder is asking residents to keep themselves and their pets out of the water at the Boulder Reservoir due to a possible harmful algae bloom. Although the swim beach is closed for the ...

The Head of the Charles Regatta, one of the premier rowing races in the world, will be held this weekend in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts. One concern ahead of the race appears to have been ...