A harmful algal bloom occurs in bodies of freshwater when Cyanobacteria, also called blue-green algae, produce toxins.

The team used satellite data and machine learning to detect changes in chlorophyll levels. Scientists uncover surprising ...

A hidden jungle of mature white cedar trees guards the entrance to a secret world in Door County. It’s a land where ospreys ...

Starting this month, you may see a small fan boat near the shoreline of our local lakes. The Catawba-Wateree Water Management ...

Here's what Springfield Township and Lakemore are doing to improve water quality at Springfield Lake and what the major ...

An algae tracker was recently deployed on Greenfield Lake to help monitor water quality in real time. The solar-powered buoy ...

It was also noted that zebra mussels, which invaded the lake in the 1990s, appear to exacerbate the incidence of harmful algae blooms. One researcher concluded that, while locally we can’t control ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The City of Wilmington has started using a new device to track the algae blooms in Greenfield Lake.

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 ...

Josh Ritchie for The New York Times Vast re-engineering over the past century has made the lake like a supersize petri dish. The vapors come from rotting mats of toxic algae that thrive in ...

Everyone is familiar with the light dome that shows from afar where cities are brightly lit at night. Artificial light that ...