Event officials say the decision to call off the 1.9-kilometre swim in Sunday’s Ironman 70.3 triathlon was made “in the ...

Conditions in Lake Victoria are favorable to HABs year-round ... Cyanobacteria, often called blue-green algae, are microorganisms that thrive in nutrient-rich, warm waters. When conditions are ...

“Cyno- bacteria microbes harm Lake Victoria’s ecosystem and raw waters ... submitting that since cyno-bacteria fast tracks growth of Harmful Algae Blooms (HAB), it springs no surprise that ...

A fresh mass of green algae, which looks like a green plant, has invaded the shores of Lake Victoria in Kalangala District throwing fishermen in panic and raising health concerns. Mweena Landing ...

Racers learned on Thursday that the swim portion of this weekend's Ironman 70.3 Victoria has been cancelled due to water ...

Lake Victoria now receives large influxes of nutrients ... This results in excessive growth of algae and aquatic plants. This danger is likely to increase with global warming because warm ...