A bloom of harmful algae off the coast again this year is creating a neurotoxin that has caused sea lions and other marine mammals to exhibit Parkinson's-like symptoms up and down the Southern ...

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A dead sea lion is discovered on one end of the coast, and not far away an entire pod of long-beaked common dolphins lay stranded. It is becoming a familiar scene for those living along the coast of ...

With support from CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, Brittany Barreto Martinez demonstrated that satellite imaging can help protect public health by augmenting standard sampling methods. The San Luis ...

Jules Leon climbed into a Ford pickup truck fitted with a net, a wheeled crate he calls a “moon buggie” and a defective winch. It was March 18 and Leon was on his way to Redondo Beach — for his third ...

Quick-growing blooms of bacteria and algae have long been a hazard in lakes and rivers, because of the toxins they produce. Fueled in part by agricultural runoff, these blooms are also threatening ...

GA, UNITED STATES, January 7, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — For years, harmful algal blooms appeared to strike without warning, turning pristine lakes into thick, green ...

As New Yorkers choked through another day of poor air quality – driven by ongoing Canadian wildfires – another environmental threat looms, this one found in the state’s surface waters. The threat of ...

Harmful algal blooms continue to threaten coastal ecosystems and seafood safety worldwide. Among the organisms involved, the benthic dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima is a known producer of diarrhetic ...