Marine algal blooms have complex life cycles; sunlight and wind are as crucial to their growth as nutrients and the presence of predators, like zooplankton. Although researchers have previously ...

Yet, for some, the allure of this tropical escape is occasionally marred by an unexpected phenomenon—green algae or lumot.

Algae blooms prevent sunlight reaching other plants. The plants begin to die. Excessive nutrients (nitrates) from fertilisers are flushed from the land into rivers by rainwater. Oxygen levels ...

An unusually high number of disoriented marine mammals, sickened by a toxic algae bloom, is being found along ... Literally, it's life and death when you interfere and stress them out.” ...