An international research team has described a newly discovered algae species Streptofilum arcticum and its cell functions ...

Harmful algal blooms, sometimes called HABs, occur when algae grow out of control. Algae are photosynthetic organisms that ...

When the summer sun shines and temperatures climb, conditions are ripe for Minnesota lakes to produce harmful algal blooms. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reminded people this week that some ...

Tracking algae species interactions to help predict harmful algae blooms. ScienceDaily . Retrieved February 7, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 02 / 250207122455.htm ...

TALLINN, Estonia — Baltic Sea countries are exploring new measures to detain ships they suspect of cutting cables and illegally carrying Russian oil, using everything from piracy laws to insurance ...

Russia, which was formally notified of the impending disconnection last year, has been accused of sabotaging underwater cables in the Baltic Sea region by ships dragging anchors along the seabed.

The Baltic Sea region is on high alert after power cable, telecom links and gas pipeline outages between the Baltics and Sweden or Finland. All were believed to have been caused by ships dragging ...

BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Captains of ships that damage underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea such as telecoms cables or pipelines should be put under EU sanctions to deter such acts ...

The Baltic Sea is relatively small ― roughly five times the surface-area size of Lake Superior ― so we awakened each morning at a different port. Get Starting Point A guide through the most ...

A peer-reviewed paper published in Marine Pollution Bulletin said while some species identified in the 2022 study were harmful only when gathered in highly visible algal blooms, others were ...

Algal blooms are influenced by a combination of available nutrients in the water and sediments (such as nitrogen and phosphorus), a sustained period of low and stable flows, and favourable weather ...