Beach lovers in Florida are in for a not-so-pleasant surprise - huge brown clumps of algae have filled the ponds. What kind of algae is this and are they dangerous? USA Today found out. According to the Ocean Conservancy, this brown algae is called Sargassum. This type of macroalgae...
The toxic algae bloom season has begun in the United States. They not only give the water a green color, but also pose a mortal danger. ForumDaily decided to find out which states are at greatest risk and what you need to know about toxic algae. Earlier it became known that ...
A Northern California family who went missing on Monday, August 16, was found dead in a remote area of the Sierra National Forest, according to police. More details were told by the USA Today edition. At around 23:00 pm on August 16, the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office began a search and rescue operation after ...
It's not just tourists who invade Florida in the summer, CNN writes. Vibrant, nasty - and sometimes deadly - microorganisms known as red tide and blue-green algae also use temperature changes to reproduce. And this causes serious problems. Both types of flowering...
Mom and son took their XNUMX-month-old husky puppy named Kinna for a walk in Zion National Park. They returned back with a dying dog in their arms, writes USA Today. It was not possible to save the animal. On the Independence Day weekend, Vanessa Weichberger ...
With the onset of toxic algae bloom season in New York State, 60 blooms were reported in two weeks in August. Writes about this New York Up. Algae have been found throughout the state, from Long Island to western New York, and in bodies of water starting ...
The toxic algae that has killed dogs in North Carolina is the same type of bacteria that was found in several New Jersey lakes this summer. The New York Post writes about this. It is unclear whether the cyanobacteria bloom in New Jersey is the same strain...
Three dogs died after walking near a pond in North Carolina, where they were poisoned by toxic algae. According to their owners, the animals died within hours after visiting the reservoir, writes the New York Post. Melissa Martin and Denise Mintz said that in the evening ...
Swimming was banned on a popular lake in New Jersey due to abundant algae blooms. On Tuesday, state environmental officials closed the beaches on Lake Greenwood, located between West Milford, New Jersey, and Orange County in New York, writes NBC New York. The directive says ...
All beaches along the Mississippi Gulf Coast have been closed due to toxic algae that can cause rashes and vomiting, writes the New York Post. On Sunday, July 7, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality announced that two additional beaches in the county ...