Have you ever happened across a body of water completely covered in a mysterious green slime? What first seems like some type of unsettling waterborne disease is simply an algal bloom. Algal blooms ...

Take time, before play time!Be sure to check current water quality conditions for harmful algal bloom advisories before ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A satellite image from Aug. 13, 2024, shows an algal bloom covering approximately 320 square miles (830 square km) of Lake Erie.

PROVO, Utah (KTVX) — With the warmer months finally upon us, you may be heading out to enjoy the bodies of water and reservoirs around you. Unfortunately, the warmer temperatures and abundant sunlight ...

Quick-growing blooms of bacteria and algae have long been a hazard in lakes and rivers, because of the toxins they produce. Fueled in part by agricultural runoff, these blooms are also threatening ...

A flock of brown pelicans waddled back into the wild on Wednesday morning, survivors of Southern California’s latest toxic algal bloom. This year’s bloom was the deadliest such event since 2015, when ...