A floating mass of seaweed stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico is now the biggest seaweed bloom in the world, according to satellite observations. The algal explosion in the Atlantic ...

The "red tide" Mr Bartleson refers to is a toxic microscopic alga, Karenia brevis, which every year comes naturally to the Gulf of Mexico ... This season the toxic algae began in October 2017 ...

“The northern Gulf of Mexico faces significant environmental challenges, including nutrient overloading, harmful algal blooms, and oxygen-depleted ‘dead zones’,” Wang said. “These issues ...

“Plus, we get super violent storms in the Gulf of Mexico ... temperatures speed the growth of algae that feeds on the nutrients. When the massive algal blooms die, their decomposition robs ...

Similar algae blooms occur in slow-moving rivers ... are part of the Gulf Hypoxia Program or overseen through the Gulf of Mexico Alliance also will receive about $5.3 million over the next ...

Red tide continues to plague Southwest Florida, with the harmful algal bloom organism Karenia brevis detected in 23 water ...

Red tide is caused by high concentrations of a toxin-producing microscopic algae, called K. brevis, that is found in the Gulf of Mexico. Tests conducted Jan. 2 at the popular Collier County ...

Over the past week, the red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected in 86 samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bloom concentrations of ...

The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies said it supports a wide variety of small invertebrates. It’s separate from the microscopic — and toxic — "red tide” algae blooms ...

Karenia brevis is a naturally occurring, single-celled organism belonging to a group of algae called dinoflagellates. Large concentrations can discolor water from red to brown, causing blooms to be ...