TOLEDO, Ohio — Thursday officially kicked off the summer season, also marking the start of the yearly harmful algal bloom on Lake Erie. With rising temperatures, blue-green algae will soon spread ...

A group of scientists believe they found a way to restore Clear Lake’s water quality by focusing on phosphorus, one of the biggest drivers of the harmful algal blooms.

Nancy Lombardo and Amy Brunvand love taking their boats on the Jordan River, even though they know the water quality can be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heavy rain over the past few days in the Upstate, which can sometimes break up harmful algal blooms, has instead moved or pushed ...

While algae is naturally-occurring, certain conditions can turn it into a harmful algal bloom that can be fatal to humans and ...

Manatee County residents may have noticed a funky taste in local drinking water, and authorities say it has been caused by an algal bloom in Lake Manatee. The lake is the drinking water source for ...

Alyssa Johnson, who coordinates the algal bloom monitoring program at the Ithaca-based Community Science Institute, collects a sample of a possible harmful algal bloom on Cayuga Lake in August. On a ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The public is being reminded to avoid discolored water, according to the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, as higher temperatures increase the risk of algal blooms. “ ...

These nutrients coupled with warm, calm water is the recipe for an algal disaster. This year, as in other recent years, this threat showed up in lakes as the summer progressed. New Yorkers who are ...

Harmful algal blooms have appeared in Cayuga Lake for nearly a decade now, but this year, it’s had more than any other body of water in the state according to the New York State Department ...