Everything you need to know about Harmful Algal Blooms
Slimy, scummy, ninja-turtle green cyanobacteria. Water staining, breath-stopping red tide blooms. Brown, spider-web growth and muck that smothers beneficial seagrasses. Some can have toxic, directly lethal impacts while others slowly lead to environmental destruction by upsetting the natural order in the system, but they all threaten clean water. When these blooms grow beyond balanced levels, they impact for the health of Florida’s waters and their water-based economy.
In Toxic Takeover: a full breakdown of the Harmful Algal Blooms bullying Florida’s waters, Captains for Clean Water explains how algal blooms in Florida’s waters have become an increasingly consequential challenge. The article examines what exactly are algal blooms, why are they a threat, what makes some more dangerous than others, and most importantly, what causes them, why have they been getting worse, and how can we mitigate them?
