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Citizen monitoring and sampling of Canandaigua Lake NY water continues in a race to combat harmful algal blooms. Of late, blooms of varying intensities have been as much a part of the summer and ...
For the last month, hundreds of seabirds have been poisoned by domoic acid, a neurotoxin produced in harmful algal blooms that are consumed by filter-feeding fish, such as anchovies and sardines.
The dumping of effluent and fertilizer into Florida waters caused a massive bloom of phytoplankton, killing off much of the dolphins' food supply.
Marine life care centers across Southern California are reporting a surge in the number of stranded dolphins and sick seals, likely caused by a growing toxic algal bloom off the coast. The Marine ...
(FOX 5/KUSI) — Southern California has been dealing with the Tijuana River sewage crisis for decades and it has recently faced worsening harmful algae blooms, with this last environmental issue ...
"The algae bloom is there and if it thickens up it could create a problem," he said. "It's vital that we do keep a check on this." Local surfer Anthony Rowland visited Tunkalilla Beach, west of ...
Experts say what makes this year’s algae bloom significant is that it has sickened different animals compared to years past. “It does not look like we are close to seeing the end of this bloom ...
They say climate change is a major factor in the heightened risk. Marine biologists say a toxic algal bloom has been occurring off the coast of California more often than before, killing sea lions ...
The aggression is linked to a toxic algae bloom impacting nearly 400 miles of the Southern California coast, mostly in L.A. and Santa Barbara Counties. Aggressive and erratic behavior isn’t the only ...
Florida dolphins are starving to death because of harmful marine algae blooms, researchers have said. In 2013, 8 percent of the bottlenose dolphins living in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon perished.
Contamination fuels algae blooms and wreaks havoc. Our investigation pinpointed alarming chemical levels in nearly 1 in 4 waters. After hundreds of manatees starved in the Indian River Lagoon ...
A toxic algae bloom is causing sea lions and other mammals and birds to become sick. Domoic acid toxicity is caused by ocean blooms of algae called Harmful Algal Blooms. The toxin causes ...