Each year, the U.S. spends billions cleaning up fertilizer runoff that pollutes rivers, fuels toxic algal blooms, and drives ...

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Even as overnight temperatures dip into the 20s, harmful algal blooms (HABs) are still being spotted on Cayuga Lake — raising concerns and curiosity among scientists and residents alike. The Community ...

Provo's mayor and the group that oversees Utah Lake say they want the lake free of carp and water-stealing invasive ...

Dolphins exposed to cyanobacterial toxins show Alzheimer’s-like brain damage and disorientation, which may explain mysterious strandings.

The harmful algae bloom slimes fishing boats, paints beaches in toxins and engulfs water intake cribs. In 2014, it left 400,000 people without drinking water for three days after toxins infiltrated ...

After weakening to a Category 1 hurricane after its passage across the rugged terrain of eastern Cuba, by Wednesday afternoon ...

Thurston County Public Health and Social Services has reported toxic algae blooms for Offut Lake and Lake Lawrence, a news release from Thurston County Public Health and Social Services stated. Lab ...

More than five years after the state of Michigan announced stricter controls on industrial farm pollution, state environmental regulators will finally start enforcing them. The regulations require ...

Scientists are worried about the winter fishing season as well as the effects of federal government cuts to agencies.

About three months after high levels of a neurotoxin produced by harmful algal blooms were detected in the City of Mattoon’s water — leading to a series of “do not drink” orders in July — University ...

Marine mammal care centers worry NOAA furloughs and cuts over a longer period could reduce oversight for ocean creatures.