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Once the ice is out, we get a few weeks of beautiful blue (albeit cold) water - then comes algae season.While not all algae - or even all cyanobacteria -…
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We've pretty much gotten the message that we - and our dogs - need to look out for blooms of cyanobacterial (blue-green) algae on lakes.But now they may…
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Blue-green algae, like a lot of other things in nature, is part of what researcher Kaitlin Reinl calls "a happy, healthy ecosystem."Too much of it,…
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What do Minnesotans like in the summertime?Lots of things. Many involving lakes, dogs and ... beer.So if something comes along that threatens those things…
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The toxic blue-green algae blooms on Lake of the Woods are a human-created problem.And that it's going to take another few decades for the lake to flush…
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This week on The Sea Grant Files we hear about the causes, threats and tracking of blue-green algae blooms. On the heels of a large algae bloom in Lake…
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Here's the thing about blue-green algae: it's really a cyanobacteria. You can't identify it by sight or smell, but it could make you sick. Unless you're a…