This is a bigger issue than many people realize. New findings reveal disturbing cost of modern farming practices for everyday ...

Sargassum seaweed is a problem throughout the Caribbean. But scientists have plans to transform it into a source of renewable ...

Runoff from thousands of heartland farms, which often contains large amounts of fertilizer and other nutrients plankton love, often turbocharges these algae blooms when it reaches the Gulf.

Contamination fuels algae blooms and wreaks havoc. Our investigation pinpointed alarming chemical levels in nearly 1 in 4 ...

“The northern Gulf of Mexico faces significant environmental challenges, including nutrient overloading, harmful algal blooms, and oxygen depleted ‘dead zones’,” Wang said. “These issues are primarily ...

The Tijuana River sewage crisis may be contributing to the current toxic algae bloom off the coast of Southern California, as the added nutrient load from the pollution is fueling the growth of ...

Observations of harmful algal blooms (HABs) of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense in an estuary over multiple years were used to assess drivers of their spatial and temporal variability. Nauset ...

University of South Florida researchers have discovered connections between certain viruses and red tide blooms ... is naturally present in the the Gulf of Mexico, now designated as the "Gulf ...