The Environment Protection Authority confirmed that the microalgal bloom, caused by Karenia mikimotoi, has been killing fish and making surfers ill since mid-March. Initially, officials speculated ...

“Algal blooms also threaten drinking water supplies,” explains biologist Shaoqi Zhou, former vice president of Guizhou University, in Guiyang, China. Zhou’s team is responsible for numerous ...

The beach is one of several on the Fleurieu Peninsula affected by a recent marine algal bloom. Dozens of dead, paralysed or strangely acting kangaroos have been observed near a beach in South ...

SeaWorld San Diego says rescuers are currently treating nine sea lions that were poisoned with domoic acid; one of the marine ...

When Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party established the People’s Republic of China in 1949, they imposed a political unity on a fragmented reality. The new PRC stretched from borders ...

An algal bloom is when algae grow too quickly and form large groups, often making the water look green, red, or brown. This can happen when there are too many nutrients, like fertilizer, in the water.