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Red Tide Activity Remains Low In Florida, Monitored Closely

Florida’s red tide organism, Karenia brevis, has been detected at minimal “background concentrations” in only two samples across Southwest Florida over the past week, indicating a continued period of low activity for the harmful algal bloom. No signs of red tide were observed in Northwest Florida or along the Florida East Coast. According to a […] Red Tide Activity Remains Low In Florida, Monitored Closely

Researchers ID organisms behind algae blooms near Barker's Island

DULUTH — Researchers studying blue-green algae blooms in the Duluth-Superior Harbor have pinpointed the cyanobacteria species responsible for the bloom’s toxins in what the Minnesota Sea Grant, which supported the research, called a “breakthrough discovery.” By sequencing DNA from a bloom near Barker’s Island in Superior last fall, researchers were able to link the toxins to Microcystis aeruginosa, a cyanobacterial species. Knowing this, they ho…

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Nebraska Launches Interactive HABs Map  - The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)

The Nebraska Department of Environment & Energy (NDEE) has added a new interactive mapping tool to its Beach Watch webpage to help residents visualize which lakes are on health alert for Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). The Beach Watch webpage provides updates on the results of public beach sampling for 56 lakes during the May to September recreation season. NDEE and its partners collect weekly sampling for microcystin, a toxin produced by HABs, and…

Harmful toxin detected in Lake Erie weeks earlier than ever before, NOAA says | TALK! 100.7 FM

Arthur Gurmankin/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Levels of the harmful toxin microcystin have been detected in Lake Erie weeks earlier than usual, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Microcystin is a group of toxins produced by cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. They are the most common cyanobacterial toxins and can be found inside alga…