Green, murky water can signal more than an eyesore. Certain blooms raise safety concerns for swimmers, pets, and homeowners ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Corpus Christi is moving forward again with plans for a desalination plant along the Inner Harbor, introducing new scientific reviews and financial protections aimed at ...

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 ...

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 ...

As New Yorkers choked through another day of poor air quality – driven by ongoing Canadian wildfires – another environmental threat looms, this one found in the state’s surface waters. The threat of ...

Harmful algal blooms have overtaken Utah Lake, and officials are asking all swimmers and waders, including dogs, to stay out of the water, the state announced Wednesday. As of Thursday at 1:30 p.m., ...

What struck Scott Bennett most were the razor clams. The long saltwater clams, resembling old-fashioned razors, normally burrow into sand to avoid predators. But when Bennett, an ecologist, visited ...

An underwater bloom of toxic algae has wreaked havoc off the coast of South Australia since mid-March 2025. After eight months, this harmful algal bloom is the longest and one of the most ...

David Garcia cleans weeds off his hook while fishing for kokanee salmon in Eagle Nest Lake in October. The New Mexico ...

Dolphins living in the Indian River Lagoon faced Alzheimer’s-like changes to their brains during harmful algal bloom season, according to a recently released 10-year study. The alterations in the ...