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China's largest algal bloom turns the Yellow Sea green
2013-07-04 18:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The largest algal bloom ever recorded in China has turned the Yellow Sea green and may be related to pollution from agriculture and industry. Officials in the city of Qingdao had used bulldozers to remove 7,335 tonnes of the growth from beaches according to the Xinhua news agency. The phenomenon has become an annual occurrence in the region over the past six summers. This year's incident has swathed 28 900 sq km (11 158 sq miles), twice as much as the previous biggest bloom in 2008. The...
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Toxic Algal Bloom on Western Lake Erie to be Severe this Summer, NOAA Says
2013-07-04 08:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Toxic algal bloom at Lake Erie is expected to be worse this summer, according to NOAA and its research partners. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that algal bloom in the lake will probably be larger than last year, but won't be as severe as the record-high bloom of 2011. A report published earlier in June had warned that algal bloom is likely to increase this year due to climate change that resulted in record-breaking rains in the region. The toxic blooms doesn't only...
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Canada backs demonstration-scale algal biorefinery project in the oil sands; Algal Carbon Conversion
2013-05-19 17:30:15| Green Car Congress
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Troubled waters: Big, bad algal blooms could become new norm for Lake Erie
2013-04-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Great Lakes Echo: Lake Erie faces a greener futureand thats bad. Scientists say harmful algal blooms like the one from 2011 will strike more often. More extreme weather and warming trends could also extend bad blooms duration. As a result, Lake Eries aquatic life and wildlife in nearshore areas face more frequent exposure to toxins. Food webs face disruption. Fisheries will suffer. Lake Eries persistent dead zone will expand. And water chemistry will change. The reason is that all trends that caused Lake Eries...
RUB researchers elucidate metabolic pathway for algal hydrogen production in the dark
2013-02-19 12:30:28| Green Car Congress
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