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Emerald Swirls of Algae in Lake Winnipeg
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Published October 5, 2023
An influx of nutrients in recent decades has contributed to the proliferation of algae in the large Canadian lake.
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Cloudy Waters in Missisquoi Bay
Published September 8, 2023
Phosphorus runoff from farmland surrounding Lake Champlain contributes to summer cyanobacteria blooms in the northeastern part of the lake.
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A Bloom in a Changing Barents Sea
Published August 4, 2023
A break in the clouds offered a glimpse of phytoplankton north of Norway, Finland, and Russia.
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Vancouver Island’s Colorful Coastline
Published August 1, 2023
Swirls of phytoplankton and sediment brightened the island’s coastal waters in July 2023.
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Algae Bloom in Lake Okeechobee
Published July 14, 2023
Cyanobacteria covered over half of the surface of Florida’s largest freshwater lake in mid-June 2023.
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Phytoplankton Flourish in the North Sea
Published June 21, 2023
Turquoise swirls of phytoplankton developed over the course of two weeks in the shallow sea basin.
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Noctiluca in the North Sea?
Published June 16, 2023
These swirling tendrils of phytoplankton might be Noctiluca scintillans—a type of marine dinoflagellate known to inhabit this area.
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Algae in the Andes
Published May 19, 2023
Toxic blooms are becoming more frequent in Chile’s Lake Villarrica.
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Bloomin’ Atlantic
Published April 27, 2023
Abundant phytoplankton swirled in the waters off the U.S. Mid-Atlantic coast in spring 2023.
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A Massive Seaweed Bloom in the Atlantic
Published April 7, 2023
A belt of seaweed that stretches from the west coast of Africa to the Gulf of Mexico is the largest on record for March.
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Putting the Red in “Red Tide”
Published March 29, 2023
Scientists developed a way to detect the fine-scale features of harmful algae blooms that occur close to beaches and inside small bays.
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Summer Color for Hood Canal
Published August 26, 2022
Though they were a bit tardy this year, the coccolithophores have arrived in Washington’s waters.
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