Sentences with phrase «algal blooms so»

Many large, eutrophic lakes such as Lake Erie are plagued each year by algal blooms so massive that they are visible from outer space.

The outcome: algal blooms so massive that ecosystems turn into dead zones, resource - poor realms inhospitable to other life.

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Environmental water is also being used to improve the overall resilience of the ecosystems — that is, ensuring the rivers and wetlands are in good health so they can withstand the short - term effects of events such as blue - green algal blooms.

Blooms can persist for as long as the favourable conditions remain in place — so good rain, cooler weather or less sunshine will reduce blue - green algal blooms overBlooms can persist for as long as the favourable conditions remain in place — so good rain, cooler weather or less sunshine will reduce blue - green algal blooms overblooms over time.

They're different from the so - called dead zones that form at the mouths of rivers whose polluted waters prompt algal blooms.

Haggling over that crucial amount of flux is why the paper took so long to appear, says Smetacek, but oceanographer Ken Buesseler of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts lauds the detailed calculations in an accompanying commentary in Nature, adding that the study «was similar to natural» algal blooms.

During the third event, in September 2012, another algal bloom created so much dead algae that it clogged the researchers» sediment traps, but was captured by a time - lapse camera.

«So fish boldness may play an important role in large - scale algal blooms that result from nutrient pollution and threaten coral reefs worldwide.»

In a rare benefit from the ongoing drought, this summer has been so dry that the warm water temperatures are not resulting in major harmful algal blooms, such as one that occurred on Lake Erie last year.

The plants don't recover enough nutrients from the sludge, so leftover phosphorus and nitrogen trickles into the water, helping to cause algal blooms.

A crowd favorite, Rebecca Bray and Britta Riley's exploration of the positive potential in urine, explored earlier on Treehugger, the «drinkpeedrinkpeedrinkpee» installation demonstrates a way of treating urine so that, instead of polluting our waterways with algal blooms, our high nitrogen, high phosphorus liquid waste can be used to provide plant nutrients.

Death by Algae Under the right conditions — warm water and a boost of nutrients — algae can grow so explosively that those toxins become a problem, creating what's called a harmful algal bloom, or HAB.

In addition, DOC can influence algal blooms, phytoplankton productivity, and carbon sequestration in coastal waters, so understanding fluxes in DOC transport into the ocean is critical for evaluating its effects on coastal food webs.