algal blooms

The wrong kind of blooms: Climate change, invasive clams are fueling algae growth on Lake Tahoe

Photo: UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center is studying the link between the concentration of nutrients created by invasive Asian…

6 months ago

‘It gets worse every day’: why are sea lions and dolphins dying along California’s coast?

In addition to an estimated more than 1,000 sick and dying sea lions, 110 dolphins have also been killed. Photograph: Channel…

7 months ago

Digitizing Data: Tracking Harmful Algal Blooms in the San Francisco Estuary

Photo credit: California Department of Water Resources Earlier this month, I was working my way through my morning emails and…

7 months ago

CDC report: People and animals are increasingly getting sick from toxic algae

Photo: A duck swims in algae laden water that has gathered on the bank of the Caloosahatchee River at Centennial…

8 months ago

Sick sea lions, dolphins overwhelming Southern California rescue organization

Photo: A sick sea lion, possibly suffering from domoic acid toxicity, is seen resting on a California beach in June…

9 months ago