Why is blue-green algae lining miles of SW Florida's Caloosahatchee?

A massive algae bloom stretches for miles in the Caloosahatchee with experts IDing a strain linked to grave illness. Drought, pollution likely to blame.
Seattle Times

How to remove and prevent algae growth on siding, roofs and patios

This time of year, I am inundated with questions about how to clean algae from every conceivable outdoor surface. Let’s start with why algae thrives on our homes in the first place. Algae needs food ...
Seattle Times

Ask the Builder: How to remove — and prevent — algae, mold and mildew

Days ago, Jerry stopped by my website, AsktheBuilder.com. He reads my column each week in his local paper and was perplexed by algae growth on the exterior of his home. Jerry hales from Chesterton, ...
Yahoo

What is causing blue-green algae grow in Lake Shawnee?

TOPEKA (KSNT) – State health officials are keeping an eye on a local lake due to the presence of damaging algae that is feeding on an abundance of nutrient sources in the water. Lake Shawnee is ...
E&E

Toxic scum threatens people as warming helps algae grow

MAUMEE BAY STATE PARK, Ohio — Lake Erie is sick with toxic algae. Climate change is contributing to the outbreak of large blooms that can cause liver damage to swimmers and death to pets. MAUMEE BAY ...
Inhabitat

World’s largest algae growth pond promotes carbon capture

Technology is being created everyday to not only reduce emissions that contribute to worsening climate change, but reverse it. One of the most promising technologies is carbon capture. Through various ...
Science Daily

Melting Antarctic ice may weaken a major carbon sink

Melting ice from West Antarctica once delivered huge amounts of iron to the Southern Ocean, but algae growth did not increase as expected. Researchers found the iron was in a form that marine life ...

Extreme rainfall is worsening algal blooms along South Korea's coast

Extreme rainfall is reshaping coastal waters along South Korea's shoreline, flushing nutrients from land into the sea and fueling the growth of algal blooms. A new multi-year study, published in ...
Medical Xpress

Runaway algae growth causes neurological problems for those with liver disease

Researchers from the Center for Oceans and Human Health on Climate Change Interactions (OHHC2I) have leveraged their collective expertise in environmental health sciences to reveal additional health ...

Lake Victoria goes Green! World's largest tropical lake is carrying harmful toxins; Scientists warned of "algae bloom"

Lake Victoria, the world’s largest tropical lake, has turned toxic green due to a massive algae bloom. Scientists warn of ...
AOL

The Incredible Reason Sloths Grow Algae on Their Fur

While humans wouldn’t be very happy to find that organisms were growing on their skin, particularly fungi, algae, and insects, it works out pretty well for sloths. Sloths may be hosting entire ...