Plastic pollution may be quietly fueling algal blooms by knocking out the grazers that usually keep algae under control.

Microscopic algae in the ocean generate half the oxygen we breathe. But off South Australia's coast, these same organisms have unleashed a toxic bloom that's closed beaches, shut down oyster farms and ...

Harmful algal blooms continue to threaten coastal ecosystems and seafood safety worldwide. Among the organisms involved, the benthic dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima is a known producer of diarrhetic ...

It’s been more than a decade since toxic algal blooms caused Lake Erie’s western shore to turn bright green and the residents of Toledo to lose water for four days. Since then, many scientists and ...

The algal bloom is predominantly in Gulf St. Vincent and has affected 30% of South Australia's coastline. The bloom has affected more than 390 species, with more than 87,000 dead animals reported to ...

As New Yorkers choked through another day of poor air quality – driven by ongoing Canadian wildfires – another environmental threat looms, this one found in the state’s surface waters. The threat of ...

A significant and harmful algal bloom, centred near Adelaide, the state capital of South Australia (SA), is devastating marine life, impacting local communities, and causing financial losses in ...

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South Australia's catastrophic harmful algal bloom now affects almost 30% of the state's coastline, stretching from the Coorong in the state's southeast to the seafood-rich Spencer Gulf to the west.

One of the 13 rehabilitated pelicans takes flight near the pier as they are released back into the wild at Huntington Beach City Beach on Wednesday. A flock of brown pelicans waddled back into the ...

BERN TWP., Pa. - The swimming area of Blue Marsh Lake is off limits for the foreseeable future because of extremely high levels of a harmful type of algae. It's known as "blue-green algae." Officials ...

FREMONT – The combination of drought and the current cyanobacteria blue-green algal bloom in the Sandusky Bay could result in fish kills, but favorable fall weather is likely to arrive in time to ...