Sentences with phrase «harmful algal blooms»

«Last summer's Toledo water crisis was a wake - up call to the serious nature of harmful algal blooms in America's waters,» said Jeff Reutter, Ph.D., senior advisor to, and former director of, The Ohio State University's Sea Grant program and Stone Laboratory.

3rd Symposium on Harmful Algal Blooms in the U.S., Oct2 - 7, Pacific Grove, California.

It would help scientists better understand clouds and carbon dioxide exchange between ocean and air, monitor air quality, improve forecasts for harmful algal blooms, and more.

It is important for veterinarians to encourage owners to keep their pets (and themselves) away from harmful algal blooms as prevention is key to avoiding potential toxic signs.

He also plans to propose spending $ 65 million to combat harmful algal blooms in Upstate New York; divesting New York state retirement funds from fossil fuel investments; and criminalizing «revenge porn» to outlaw «sextortion» and non-consensual pornography.

Blaming excess nitrogen in area waters for causing harmful algal blooms, fish kills and beach closures, a panel of scientists and experts said Suffolk County should upgrade septic systems, launch buoys to monitor water quality and use imaging to predict problem spots.

Cuomo yesterday kicked off the first in a series of four summits addressing upstate lakes and other waterways threatened by harmful algal blooms, which can affect water quality and diminish recreational opportunities and tourism.

«These results have management implications, as the effects of invasive mussels on the biogeochemical functioning in the Great Lakes region and elsewhere can alter system bioenergetics and promote harmful algal blooms,» Steinman said.

ROCHESTER - Chautauqua Lake was well represented at the Western New York Regional Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) Summit in Rochester on March 26.

For the second time this month, the Cayuga County Health Department closed the bathing beach at Wells College Dock due to the presence of potential harmful algal blooms.

NOAA and its research partners, using an ensemble modeling approach, predict that the 2015 western Lake Erie harmful algal bloom season will be among the most severe in recent years and could become the second most severe behind the record - setting 2011 bloom.

The most dangerous of the blooms, called harmful algal blooms, or HABs, are often reddish in color, leading observers to call them red tides.

They discussed threats to Long Island's drinking water supply, harmful algal blooms like brown tide and how a local shellfisherman's personal story inspired Chris's path as a scientist and professor.

She worked to improve coastal water quality by addressing Harmful Algal Blooms and ocean dead zones and opposing the expansion of offshore oil drilling.

Harmful algal blooms [133] and hypoxia [134] regularly drive mobile animals from certain areas, and increasing coastal development encroaches upon or destroys habitats.

The Concerned Citizens of Montauk announced a partnership with Christopher Gobler of Stony Brook University on Monday to monitor harmful algal blooms.

The increasing frequency and duration of harmful algal blooms threaten drinking water quality and the recreational use of lakes essential to upstate tourism, said Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — In September, harmful algal blooms impacted Skaneateles Lake.

The work is part of a partnership with NOAA's National Ocean Service and its ongoing collaborative work on understanding and forecasting harmful algal blooms.

On Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, county officials, scientists and academics presented to the Suffolk County Legislature proposals on combating harmful algal blooms in Long Island waters by regulating fertilizers and upgrading septic systems.

Cayuga County Environmental Health Director Eileen O'Connor said there has been widespread harmful algal blooms in Owasco Lake, and many of the public bathing beaches remain closed.

Certain harmful algal blooms, or HABs, have the potential to produce dangerous toxins that can contaminate local drinking water supplies, sicken people, harm aquatic life, and interfere with lake recreation activities.

MAYVILLE - The Public Health Division of the Chautauqua County Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) urges all Chautauqua County residents and visitors to educate themselves about Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and to be cautious when... [Read more...]

The public portion of today's summit on harmful algal blooms begins this hour and runs until 8.

«Unfortunately, it was only a matter of time until we started to see harmful algal blooms in Western New York's waters,» said Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper Executive Director Jill Jedlicka.

Harmful algal blooms appearing in the last 10 to 15 years.

Sometimes, these threats are exacerbated by natural trends, such as changing ocean currents that help spark harmful algal blooms in waters already loaded with nutrients washed from farm fields.

In coming decades, warming waters are expected to exacerbate the lake's harmful algal bloom problem.

In February, the International Joint Commission called on the governments of the U.S. and Canada to adopt new targets for Lake Erie phosphorus levels to curtail harmful algal blooms.

Harmful algal blooms dangerous to human health and the Lake Erie ecosystem — such as the one that shut down Toledo's water supply for two days in 2014 — could become a problem of the past.

«With aggressive adoption of best management practices, it is possible to reduce harmful algal blooms to safe levels while maintaining agricultural productivity,» said Jay Martin, ecological engineer in The Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and co-author of the study.

This study aids in the broader understanding of the complex mechanisms that influence harmful algal bloom progression in bodies of water rich in organic nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen, and points to the direct need to reduce nutrient pollution in the face of both urban and agricultural development.

Out on the water, samples collected by the Olympic Region Harmful Algal Blooms Partnership and other efforts have also contributed to a 25 - year record of toxic algae events.

The work in the Broads National Park could have widespread implications for the way harmful algal blooms are managed in waterways worldwide.

«New solution to harmful algal blooms raises hope of economic and environmental benefits.»

A cheap, safe and effective method of dealing with harmful algal blooms is on the verge of being introduced following successful field and lab tests.

The process, known as nitrogen deposition, can do great damage to ecosystems, causing soil acidification, fertilizing harmful algal blooms and threatening biodiversity, says Zhang.

Dr. Binding has been using the images from NASA and European satellites to monitor the progression of warm weather harmful algal blooms on the surface of Lake Erie since 2004.

«Severe harmful algal bloom predicted for Lake Erie in 2015: Second worst in century predicted: Heavy June rains causing heavy nutrient runoff into lake basin.»

«This is the fourth seasonal harmful algal bloom outlook for Lake Erie that NOAA has issued,» said Holly Bamford, Ph.D., assistant NOAA administrator for the National Ocean Service performing duties of the assistant secretary of commerce for conservation and management.

Commonly known as red tides, brown tides and green tides, blue - green algae or cyanobacteria, like Microcystis, are considered harmful algal blooms and can have severe impacts on human health, aquatic ecosystems and the economy.

«In the St. Lucie Estuary study area, septic - to - sewer programs, which include nitrogen and phosphorus removal through advanced wastewater treatment, could help meet this challenge and mitigate future harmful algal blooms,» said Lapointe.

Job Description: We are looking for a Master's level candidate or Postdoc with background in marine ecosystems and excellent field, modeling, communication and team - work skills to work towards the improvement of harmful algal blooms detection for user - relevant coastal water monitoring and environmental reporting based on validated Earth Observation and in situ optical data.

The lake has experienced harmful algal blooms and severe oxygen - depleted «dead zones» for years, but now a team of researchers led by Carnegie's Anna Michalak and Yuntao Zhou has shown that the widespread drought in 2012 was associated with the largest dead zone since at least the mid-1980s.

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.

Nutrient pollution fuels the growth of harmful algal blooms which devastate aquatic ecosystems.