Oct. 22, 2024 09:57 AM EDT
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Steven Haller remembers the look of fear on people's faces when toxic algae in Lake Erie made it into his community's water supply 10 years ago, shutting it down for two days.
Since then, Haller, a clinical researcher in the University of Toledo's department of...
Oct. 22, 2024 09:36 AM EDT
OREGON, Ohio (AP) — On a warm late-summer evening, a small speedboat motored across a pea-green stretch of Lake Erie past a beach where a child sat splashing and a pair of newlyweds waded for a portrait photographer. On the sand, unseen or ignored, bright red signs warned people to stay out of...
Oct. 17, 2024 17:18 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast who weathered back-to-back hurricanes now have something else to keep an eye on -– a possible plume of harmful algae in the waters off the state’s southwest coast.
Satellite imagery shows a bloom of algae extending...
Sep. 27, 2024 19:12 PM EDT
SAO PAULO (AP) — The lake in Sao Paulo’s iconic Ibirapuera Park has turned green in recent weeks, as Brazil grapples with a historic drought, both amusing and alarming parkgoers.
Its verdant color stems from a combination of an algal bloom, abundant nutrients, high temperatures...