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Why toxic algae blooms like Florida’s are so dangerous to people and wildlife

  • Written by Ernst B. Peebles, Associate Professor of Biological Oceanography, University of South Florida
imageDetail from a satellite photo of Lake Okeechobee's algae bloom and the St. Lucie canal into which water was released. Rising water levels from heavy winter rains had water managers worried that water would breach the dike.NASA

Reported cases of algal blooms, when algae grow rapidly from an influx of nutrients in waterways, have been rising at an exp...

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