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

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

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 ...

Under the right conditions, some forms of algae can become harmful. Blue-green (cyanobacterial) algal blooms may contain toxins or other noxious chemicals that can pose harmful health risks.

As harmful algal blooms (HABs) continue to spread across ... However, few studies have looked into how algal biomass, especially cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, can be used to ...

growing out of control and forming harmful algal blooms in lakes and in the ocean, where they’re often called “red tides.” Some of these, such as those created by cyanobacteria, can release ...

Algae such as diatoms along with dinoflagellates and cyanobacteria dominate these blooms, which have significant ecological implications, said Dr. Balakrishnan. He explained that though ...

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 ...

New research from Africa's Lake Victoria has revealed critical clues about toxic algal blooms and their potential impact on Lake Erie and beyond.