algae

NOAA: 40% of Lake Okeechobee covered in harmful algae

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates 40 percent of Lake Okeechobee is now covered in a harmful blue-green algae…

6 years ago

Warming drives spread of toxic algae in US, researchers say

SALEM, Oregon — The words blasted to cellphones around Oregon’s capital city were ominous: “Civil emergency. prepare for action.” Within…

6 years ago

Plan to protect Lake Erie from algae blooms isn’t working, study shows

Farm runoff provides fertilizer that turbo-charges algae growth in the western Lake Erie basin. Wochit (Photo: Brenda Culler, Ohio Department…

7 years ago

Algae from wastewater solves two problems: biofuel and cleanup

In one of the first studies to examine the potential for using municipal wastewater as a feedstock for algae-based biofuels,…

7 years ago

The simple river-cleaning tactics that big farms ignore

Ione Cleverley wasn’t eager to break up with her tenant, who had been farming 88 acres of her central Iowa…

7 years ago