Latest Algae News

Researchers in a lab near Lake Erie study how toxic algae can damage health

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...

On Lake Erie, getting rid of problem algae starts with giving it less food

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...

What to know about red tide after Florida's back-to-back hurricanes

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...