Officials are sampling water taken from Lorraine Lake in Deltona, where potentially toxic blue-green algae was spotted.

Larger “mats” of the goopy-green algae typically appear floating in creeks or along lakeshores between late May and early ...

Florida's Lake Okeechobee is essential for water management but faces harmful algal blooms, which thrive in warm, nutrient-rich waters. Daily vertical migration enables them to survive in turbid ...

Microfibers are plastic strings much thinner than human hair that get into waterways primarily from washing fabrics in ...

Slashing funding for H2Ohio isn’t just a budget cut. It’s a gamble with Ohio’s water, health, and economy,” said Gail Hesse, ...

Contamination fuels algae blooms and wreaks havoc. Our investigation pinpointed alarming chemical levels in nearly 1 in 4 ...

Minnesota has multiple success stories that produced a cleaner environment since the original Earth Day in 1970.

Nearly 1 in 4 waterways are contaminated by high levels of nitrogen, phosphorus or other issues that point to imbalances of ...

The "skyglow" produced when light from cities bounces off clouds can help cyanobacteria and other aquatic microbes grow at ...

Communities pitching in to control algae at Lake Norman The 2025 season marks the second year of treatment aimed at keeping Lyngbya at bay. A species of cyanobacteria that lives on lake beds ...