These nutrients come from farmland runoff in the 31 states upstream that feed into the Mississippi River basin. Those nutrients cause algae to “bloom.” When the algae dies, it sinks to the ...

A West Virginia University researcher is working to understand and estimate environmental cleanup costs associated with ...

This Research Topic aims to stimulate interdisciplinary research on changes of estuarine ecosystems, with a particular focus on eutrophication, algal blooms, hypoxia and ocean acidification in the ...

Green algae accumulates along the northwestern ... in watersheds near areas of intensive agriculture, such as the Mississippi River. While agriculture is not dominant throughout the Adirondacks ...

Risks include water pollution and toxic algae blooms The Army Corps of Engineers has released over 23.75 billion gallons of water into the river since Dec. 7, which has lowered the lake level from ...

The state confirmed a nontoxic algae bloom in Manatee Pocket in Port Salerno ... which floods the brackish St. Lucie River with freshwater and nutrients that feed algae, said Mark Perry, executive ...