A team of researchers is tapping into the ocean’s vast body of free-floating environmental DNA to catch blooms before they ...

Algal blooms are ugly, stinky, and rapidly diminish any enthusiasm ... One of the major causes in the Baltic Sea is a process named eutrophication, likely originating from the Greek term eutrophos, or ...

This year the situation is different. “The blooms have occurred further out to sea, and the algae are not transported as easily in the water masses. This means that we get a more limited spread.” ...

NOAA issued its annual Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) forecast for Lake Erie and the good news is that, while not guaranteed, they expect a mild to moderate bloom this summer. NOAA is predicting a HAB ...

W e humans bloomin' love a flower. Sniffing them, looking at them, lopping them off and popping them in vases. On land, there ...

What do the clouds on Jupiter, dust storms on Mars and rainstorms on Titan all have in common? They look like they belong on ...

Such a discovery changes the way scientists think about the food chain in ocean ecosystems. Giant viruses can infect tiny ...

Scientists have identified hundreds of new giant viruses, or 'giruses,' in oceans worldwide, using advanced computer software ...

Generally, giant viruses attack tiny organisms such as algae and amoebas in the world's waterways ... Most of the giant ...

The Baltic Sea is home to some of the world's largest dead marine zones, ... It causes vast algae blooms in summer, a process known as eutrophication that removes oxygen from the water, ...