Telegraph: Some 83 incidents of algae have been reported to environmental authorities so far this year, starving lakes of oxygen and putting native species at threat.
The highest ever number of annual reported incidents was 226 five years ago, but the Environment Agency said this year was an unusually bad one.
Toxic 'cyanobacteria', known as blue green algae, has been recorded along the Welsh coast, in Scottish lochs, infesting the Norfolk Broads, ruining swimming ponds in London and in fishing ponds......
Read Complete Article at Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed
‘Green slime’ outbreak blamed on pollution, not just hot weather
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 5th, 2011
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.