Harmful algae blooms have been rapidly producing in a place previously too cold to host the toxin: the Arctic.

In 2018, satellite images captured a stunning spiral of cyanobacteria blooming in the Baltic Sea. The swirling mass of microbes helped to create a massive "dead zone" the size of West Virginia ...

Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant underneath sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for more than 7,000 years.

In an unprecedented discovery, scientists have successfully revived algae buried beneath the Baltic Sea seabed for nearly 7,000 years, demonstrating the astonishing endurance of microscopic life ...

CARD ID: 224557 The European Space Agency's Sentinel-2A spacecraft caught sight of this swirling algal bloom (above) in the Baltic Sea in 2015.

Key quote: "These nutrients are the common thread that ties all the algal blooms together," whether it's sargassum, red tide, or blue green algae, Lapointe said.

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

In 1997, after a 450-mile-long algae bloom ruined summer along parts of the Baltic Sea coast from Poland to Finland, thousands of Finns signed petitions demanding a government promise that the ...

Mari Granström says it was her passion for scuba diving that opened her eyes to the continuing problem of toxic microalgae blooms in the Baltic Sea.

Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant within sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for more than 7,000 years. The tiny diatom cells have regained full biological ...

Where is it? The Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea. What's in the photo? A swirling mass of algae trapped in an ocean vortex. Which satellite took the photo? Landsat 8. When was it taken? July 18, ...