Algae Threatens Croatian Adriatic
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Stari Grad bay on the island of Hvar is one of the most charming resorts in Croatia. But beneath the quiet surface of the southern Adriatic an aggressive tropical algae is threatening the sea's eco-system.
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News Feature: Algae outbreaks threatens China's developed east    NANJING, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Every evening Li Fang sits in front of the television to watch the weather forecast, and frowns when the temperature is projected to top 30 degrees Celsius.
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By Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 19--FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, government officials, farmers and environmentalists have been trying to find a way of prevent dangerous agricultural runoff from polluting the Delta and other state waterways.
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Chemical spill threatens water supply for 80,000 residents in Spain's Galicia    MADRID, Sep. 3 (Xinhua) -- A highly toxic chemical spill is threatening the water supply of about 80,000 residents in Spain's Galicia region, local officials said Sunday.
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The great wave that wreaked disaster round the Indian Ocean has brought its first cargo of death to the northern shores of Europe.
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By Wu Jiachun in Kunming and Li Fangchao in Beijing  Local authorities have confirmed that Dianchi Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, is suffering from a blue-green algae boom.
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By Heath, David  Seagrasses, an ecologically important group of flowering plants that have adapted to life submerged in seawater, are in dire need of a targeted global conservation effort to protect them and lhc services they provide, according to an international team of scientists.
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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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By Guan Xiaofeng  Huge algae outbreaks again pose a threat to drinking water supply from Taihu and Chaohu, two of China's major freshwater lakes.
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By Carl Mario Nudi, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Mar. 10--BRADENTON BEACH -- The knee-deep stacks of rotting algae lining the beaches of Sarasota County have been sending the tourists north to Manatee County.
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BELGRADE, Dec 3 (IPS) - The parliament of the tiny republic of Montenegro  began a long awaited debate this week on building a hydropower  plant on the Tara river, one of the most attractive tourist and  nature reserves in former Yugoslavia.
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Hundreds of fish are believed to have been killed in a pollution incident in County Antrim.
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By Steve Neavling, Detroit Free Press  Jun. 4--Dangerous levels of contaminates are threatening wildlife and the water quality of Lake St. Clair, one of the most popular bodies of water for boaters and anglers in the Great Lakes region, data released today shows.
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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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By Audra Ang Associated Press  BEIJING - 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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IT ISN'T pretty. In fact, it's disgusting. It's one of North Jersey's most serious water-quality problems and has been for decades. During heavy rains, untreated sewage pours out of aging sewer systems directly into area rivers and streams.
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By ISABELLE RODRIGUE  OTTAWA (CP) - The Bloc Quebecois is calling on the federal government for action to fight algae outbreaks that have closed lakes and rivers across the country.