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Lough Neagh: The year the UK's largest lake turned green

After toxic algae caused havoc in Lough Neagh and further afield, what's in store for 2024?
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Human-driven climate change to amplify risk of toxin concentration in U.S. lakes

A University of Kansas researcher warns human-driven climate change will elevate risk to humans and animals of toxic exposure to blue-green algae blooms.

Craig Pittman: How one Florida city beat its stigma as a stinky town

Jax’s pollution fight offers a lesson about ridding ourselves of toxic algae blooms.

Big, brown, and baffling researchers: Unusual algae bloom in the Gulf of Maine

Researchers at UNH and other regional players say it’s the first time they’ve seen such high concentrations of the dinoflagellate phytoplankton Tripos muelleri this time of year spanning from Massachusetts to Maine. 

Oil, aquatic trash and toxic algae threaten life in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo

The fishermen of Lake Maracaibo say they face their worst nightmare everyday as fish stocks decline and pollution degrades the health of this great freshwater lake, one of the oldest — and largest — in the world.

Vermont was seen as a climate haven. This summer has complicated that image.

Catastrophic flooding, wildfire smoke and shuttered beaches have pushed Vermonters to reexamine the state’s reputation as a refuge from the worst effects of climate change.

Maryland shifts Chesapeake Bay cleanup strategy

New research shows a need to focus mostly on many diffuse sources of pollution rather than single large sources such as wastewater treatment plants.

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