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Xinhua: Climate change could prolong toxic algal outbreaks by 2040 or sooner, posing a health threat to humans, a new study suggests.
Using cutting-edge technologies to model future ocean and weather patterns, a team of U.S. researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) the University of Washington looked at blooms of Alexandrium catenella, more commonly known as "red tide," which produces saxitoxin, a poison that can accumulate in shellfish.
If consumed by humans, saxitoxin......
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U.S. study predicts prolonged toxic algal outbreaks due to climate change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 20th, 2011
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