Part of the earth's largest surface freshwater system, Lake Erie is a vital source of drinking water for 11 million people. Researchers Anna Michalak, Tom Bridgeman, and Pete Richards are studying how farming practices and severe weather...

Water connects us all. Understanding the health of our waterways is critical to the health and wellness of communities across the world. Find out what it takes to be a water quality specialist for a sovereign Native American community.

Florida's coastline is being threatened by toxic algal bloom, and it seems to be getting worse every year, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

From space, satellites such as the NASA and USGS Landsat 8 can help scientists identify where an algal bloom has formed in lakes or rivers. It’s a complicated data analysis process, but one that researchers are...

Rhode Island EPSCoR studies reveal key details about the life cycle of macroalgal blooms that impact ecosystems, economies



Description: When the water along Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay is thick and green, it...

In this lecture, I introduce the topic of biodiversity, and talk about why biodiversity is important. I end the section talking about threats to biodiversity. Things like Habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and habitat degradation.

Explain the different types of intraspecific and interspecific interactions among organisms with examples.

The latest to close is the Lake Welch, a popular beach and campground in northern Rockland County.

Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Santiago to protest in support of Chiloe fishermen who are out of work because of the 'red tide,' an algae which kills fish with a toxin that paralyzes the central nervous system.The protesters...

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Scientists are back from measuring the Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" and say although Hurricane Barry reduced the size from a predicted near-record 7,800 square miles (20,200 square kilometres) the area is still one of the top 10 largest.

Scientists are back from measuring the Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" where there's too little oxygen to sustain marine life in a large underwater area starting at the sea floor, and they say  Hurricane Barry reduced the size from a...

HEADLINE: Algae chokes bay that will host Olympic sailing

CAPTION: China's latest Olympics nightmare is a vast algae bloom that covers one-third of the sea where the world's best sailors are...

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Running 300 miles through Appalachia, the Clinch River is one of the most important rivers for freshwater mussels in the world.

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Miami-Dade Police patrol the beaches wearing gas masks as some beaches north of Miami are closed because of a rare red tide outbreak along Florida's Atlantic coast.

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Thousands of dead sardines have washed ashore on Chile's southern coast.Fishermen estimate between 500 and 600 tons of dead sardines washed up in Tolten, about 800 kilometers (497 miles) south of the capital Santiago.A similar phenomenon...