With a history of human occupation that goes back 5,000 years and chosen by UNESCO for protection, the Swedish island of ...

Finland became the first country to ban cargo ships from dumping sewage and scrubber sludge in its waters. The Baltic may ...

Algal blooms are ugly, stinky, and rapidly diminish any enthusiasm ... One of the major causes in the Baltic Sea is a process named eutrophication, likely originating from the Greek term eutrophos, or ...

Finland becomes the first country to ban cargo ship discharges of toilet wastewater and scrubber sludge in coastal waters.

A 2015 satellite photo captured a series of stunning "von Kármán vortices" swirling off Madeira and the Canary Islands. The ...

A vitamin deficiency linked to an enzyme found in anchovies that breaks down Vitamin B1, or thiamine, is threatening the ...

Water quality scientists predict the harmful algae bloom on western Lake Erie this year will be relatively mild and less ...

Beachgoers on South Australia's metropolitan shores are being urged to report dead marine life washing up. As the state ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its research partners forecast a mild to moderate harmful algal bloom season this summer.

This year the situation is different. “The blooms have occurred further out to sea, and the algae are not transported as easily in the water masses. This means that we get a more limited spread.” ...

NOAA issued its annual Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) forecast for Lake Erie and the good news is that, while not guaranteed, they expect a mild to moderate bloom this summer. NOAA is predicting a HAB ...