During periods of low wind and calm waters, Cyanobacteria (formerly called blue-green algae) can descend to absorb phosphorus from deeper waters and ascend to near the lake surface to absorb sunlight ...

This essay is a follow up on the photograph published in the Jan. 16 Commonwealth (pictured above) that showed duckweed ...

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In September 2023, Moshe Harel watched the waters of Mantua Reservoir, a lake that supplied water to Brigham City, Utah, turn from ... the ocean—free of blue-green algae or red tides means ...

Fishing is still allowed. Lora Vacca, operations project manager for the Corps, said high runoff from recent rains have led to the blue-green algae growth. The lake is more than 6 feet above the ...

The beach at Blue Marsh Lake in Berks County is now off limits ... morning that it has detected extremely high levels of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) in the water. It advised that harmful ...