As temperatures climb, so does the risk of potentially harmful cyanobacteria blooms—commonly known as blue-green algae—that can pose serious health risks to people, pets and livestock.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — As summer approaches, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is urging residents and visitors to be vigilant about potentially toxic cyanobacteria blooms in the state's lakes ...

Read more: New cyanobacteria discoveries point to alarming changes in our already distressed waterways The failure of government response For years, water experts and environmentalists have ...

It may look like these capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) are sitting in a swirl of green paint, but it’s actually a slick of potentially harmful cyanobacteria on the surface of the Salto ...

The resulting article, "Carotenoids from cyanobacteria modulate iNOS and inhibit the production of inflammatory mediators: Promising agents for the treatment of inflammatory conditions," has been ...

Not only might it have the capacity to absorb a lot more carbon than the average cyanobacteria floating in the ocean, but it also sinks rapidly, which means it could also sequester that carbon ...

Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University Researchers have discovered a special strain of marine cyanobacteria that consume and store carbon dioxide at a rapid rate. With a unique density that ...

An international coalition of researchers from the United States and Italy has discovered a novel strain of cyanobacteria, or algae, isolated from volcanic ocean vents that is especially adept at ...

Living on Arlington Pond in Salem, Republican Rep. Lorie Ball saw the state’s cyanobacteria problem up close. The blooms, and frustration from neighbors, led her to sponsor a bill to stem the ...

Water ingestion is the major route of exposure to to cyanobacteria. Toxins are not absorbed through skin, but those with skin sensitivities may get a puffy red rash. Activities such as camping ...

When aquatic botanist Meghann Bruce did her usual spring visit to a hotbed of cyanobacteria production in the Fredericton area in May, she was surprised to see it was already in full bloom.