Harmful algae blooms have been rapidly producing in a place previously too cold to host the toxin: the Arctic.

Scientists have found new evidence that desertification, potentially linked to global warming, leads to large amounts of nutrient-rich dust landing in the sea, causing ocean algae to grow rapidly ...

Algal blooms have many causes, but it's commonly chemicals in industrial fertilizers that end up in rivers and oceans in a ...

Researchers have measured toxins in scat samples from 205 bowhead whales from the Beaufort Sea, collected over 19 years, and ...

Foam from ocean algae bloom killing thousands of birds. Updated: Oct. 24, ... This algal bloom, unlike the toxins produced by blue-green algae, poses no threat to humans or pets.

Some harmful algal blooms thrive in warm water – making them more of a concern as ocean temperatures climb. But in other cases, like the ongoing bloom in California, it is driven less by water ...

Pacific Ocean "blob" fed massive toxic algae bloom. September 30, 2016 / 4:41 PM EDT / AP ... Seasonal algae blooms are common each year along the West Coast, but most are not toxic.

This is the fourth consecutive year a lethal algae bloom has occurred along the Southern California coast, fueled by an upwelling of nutrient-rich waters from the deep ocean. Research teams are ...

Massive smelly algae bloom nearing Florida will impact health ... Monica Madrigal finds her way to the ocean through a thick raft of Sargassum seaweed that washed up on the seashore by the 71st ...