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

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

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

Will your next trip to Florida's beaches be filled with stinky seaweed? Here's what to know about sargassum and where it ...

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 ...

Toxic red algae blooms in Florida have spread to metropolitan counties ... bout of it in Florida could be related to Hurricane Irma's churning of water in the Gulf of Mexico, which caused upwelling of ...

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 ...

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.

“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 ...

Algae with domoic acid is sometimes called red tide, and biologists think runoff from the wildfires and ocean sediment ...