Mammoth toxic algae bloom sighted off Washington state coast
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SEATTLE - A toxic algae bloom 30 miles wide has been detected 15 miles off the northwest coast of Washington state, the largest and most potentially lethal yet found by scientists in the region.
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Storm damage from waves and death of vital algae likely to become more common, report warns
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Fast-spreading, foul-smelling blue-green algae smothered a lake in eastern China, contaminating the drinking water for millions of people and sparking panic-buying of bottled water, state media said Thursday.
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An algae bloom that has fouled waters off the Florida Keys has moved into Biscayne Bay.  Brian Gwilliams, a fishing guide, told the Miami Herald he has seen the algae in the southern part of the bay.  One weekend, I was in Midnight Pass and it was crystal clear, he said.
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Washington state's top polluter isn't a pulp mill, a power plant or refinery. It's the newly awakened Mount St. Helens.
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By Kie Relyea, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb. 9--If you've ever walked the beach at Larrabee State Park and wanted to know more about the intertidal creatures you were admiring, an upcoming guided tour of the tide flats and rocky shore of Wildcat Cove should help satisfy your curiosity.
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Marine researchers are hoping to prevent tides of destructive algae from killing fish and fouling beaches through early detection of the microscopic organisms.
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Scientists in the US fear a volcano in Washington state could be on the verge of erupting. The area around Mount St Helens has been sealed off after geologists noticed a surge in seismic activity earlier this week.
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MIAMI _ An algae bloom that has tainted waters adjacent to the main highway leading to the Florida Keys is moving north and threatens to spread into the heart of Biscayne Bay, playground for thousands of South Florida boaters.  It has already reached the bay's isolated southern reaches.
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Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday ordered a formal probe into the massive algae growth that smothered one of China's biggest lakes, drawing high-level attention to growing threats facing the country's water bodies.
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VICTORIA, British Columbia -- Four people, dozens of dogs and cats, 11 porpoises and a horse have died from a rare tropical fungus since it was detected on Vancouver Island in 1999, a study has concluded.
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Researchers have finally confirmed a 20-year-old theory about how the red tide algae produce their toxins.
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By Steve Mayes, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Jun. 13--Despite repeated warnings from the state, a prominent Clackamas  County real estate developer allowed his herd of water buffalo to foul a creek  with fecal bacteria, stir up sediment and destroy streamside vegetation.
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By Wang Ying  Large-scale algae outbreaks are once again posing a threat to the drinking water supplies from Taihu and Chaohu lakes.
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By Craig Medred, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Jun. 3--How the dangerous pathogen Myxobolus cerebralis got into Alaska's fisheries is something scientists may never know.
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Bacteria, algae and fungi that manage to survive in toxic Montana lake left behind by a century of copper mining produce unique compounds to survive in the poisoned, acid environment. Some may inhibit cancer growth. And toxic dumps elsewhere may be incubating biomarvels of their own.
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The latest round of tests show that a toxic algae bloom on Geist Reservoir continues with little change in the toxin's levels in the lake, a state health official said.