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algal bloom

Explosive growth of algae in water over-enriched by nutrients from sewage, artificial fertilizers, etc. Effects can include the mass death of fish.
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The warning comes against the backdrop of the algae bloom that is noticed off the coast of Oman during winter.
Report fish kill, if any, off Oman coast: Ministry of agriculture and fisheries
We did really well in 2015, and then last year with the algae bloom and media coverage of it, we had people calling us even into this spring thinking the lake was still closed even though it was only closed for two weeks last summer.
Staying Afloat: How a sailing school managed during Utah Lake's toxic algae scares
Andrew Reeves, A\J's water columnist, shares with us the tragic (and on-going) story of the Lake Erie algae bloom crisis, its roots in factory-farming and over-fertilization, and the steps that are being taken to try to keep 2017 from being the worst year ever for toxic algae blooms.
Food & food resiliency
It was thought it was an an algae bloom, which sees a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae.
WHY HAS THE SEA TURNED GREEN? MYSTERY SOLVED
Just recently, we had our own water crisis in my corner of Ohio, near Toledo, when an algae bloom tainted our water supply.
We are all accountable
It started in 2011 as an ugly algae bloom on the Indian River Lagoon, and then quickly morphed into a seagrass killer.
Warning: don't feed the algae: some of these tiny organisms can turn lethal
PEKyN (CyHAN)- An algae bloom, or "green tide," has quickly expanded across 35,000 square km of waters off China's eastern coast, the country's maritime authorities said Wednesday.
Algae bloom expands in China's Yellow Sea
September 30, 2014: An estimated 280,000 salmon died off the coast of British Columbia after toxic algae bloom.
Nualgi Sets Sights on Eliminating Water Pollution in United States with Innovative Nanotechnology
Cadw has warned that the blue green algae bloom could be toxic to humans and animals.
Toxic algae in castle moat
The first official report of dead livestock associated with a blue-green algae bloom occurred in Australia in 1878.
My poor little lake
The move comes as part of the National Work Plan to Monitor the Red Tide Phenomenon, to ensure a swift response to tackle potential red tide whenever it happens or in case of the presence of algae bloom, also known as Cochlodinium Polykrikoides, or the death of fish and other marine species.
Ministry of Environment monitors algal bloom in UAE's waters
HSRC), a company that last year deposited more than 100 tons of iron into the Pacific Ocean about 200 nautical miles off the Canadian coast in an attempt to spur an algae bloom that would increase the fish population and also absorb CO2 from the atmosphere.
"It's like a doctor announces he has discovered the cure for cancer and the press spends 98 percent of their time reporting on the fact that the doctor is having an affair."

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