Researchers and water agencies are searching for ways to lower the risk of another worst-case bloom by reducing the amount of nutrients in the Bay.
Tag: harmful algae bloom
Winter Issue 2017
Naturalist’s Notebook: Good Algae Gone Bad
Blue-green algae has made some Bay Area ponds dangerous
The Bay
Satellites to the rescue for Clear Lake algae problems?
Clear Lake algae problems persist, but a new effort aims to use satellite imagery to track pollution and find solutions.
Winter Issue 2012
Killer Algae on Sonoma Coast
In late August, environmental scientist Laura Rogers-Bennett was driving back to Bodega Bay after conducting ocean surveys in Mendocino when she saw “dark-coffee-colored water” north of Salt Point State Park. Within days, dead sea stars, abalones, urchins, and chitons were piling up on area beaches.
