The presence of blue-green algae in Martray Lough near Ballygawley is "disheartening", the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) has said.With the recent good weather, ...

Concern has grown over the appearance of the spectacular body of water, which has seen a proliferation of tiny organisms ...

And the cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms or blue-green algae do not appear to be going anywhere. And these volunteers are trying to do their part to help find answers to not only why they occur ...

AGFC advises children and pets to be kept out of the water with a blue-green algae bloom, due to the effects of the toxins that they are more susceptible to. If you observe a new blue-green algae ...

The blooms close beaches and harm fisheries. Some, like the blooms of cyanobacteria in Lake Erie and Green Bay, are toxic, posing a threat to drinking water supplies. Others, like the blooms of bottom ...

Rising temperatures and changing environmental conditions in the Great Lakes are contributing to harmful algal blooms, and ...

The country’s lakes and reservoirs are increasingly choked by blooms of toxic cyanobacteria – commonly known as blue-green algae – making masses of water untreatable for household use.