Red tide algae blooms have been a seasonal occurrence for centuries along the Gulf Coast. The algae live at the bottom of the Gulf, far offshore, and can bloom during the late summer and early fall.

SARASOTA — A new study into the neurological effects of red tide on humans could lead to a simple test to determine if an illness is caused by the deadly algae’s brevetoxins.

New grant funding will expand the research on algae bloom nutrients in three ways: a more expensive lab analysis, another kind of bloom added to the study, and a bilingual educational program ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Toxic algae blooms, such as the dramatic red tides that have swept onto beaches along the Gulf of Mexico, are becoming more frequent and destructive around the world. In Texas, ...

The latest study, published in ... It’s scientifically improbable that red tide and blue-green algae would coexist in the same waters. The former blooms in saltwater; the latter in freshwater.

A new study by Sarasota's Roskamp Institute shows breathing red tide toxins can cause neurological problems.. Eating red tide-tainted seafood has long been known to make people sick, just as being ...

This approach was exemplified in a trio of studies (1,2,3) documenting the dispersion of freshwater red algae found in rivers and streams in the Eastern U.S. and Great Lakes.

Some red algae exhibit structural color that gives their growth tips a blue hue and the rest of their bodies including their fruiting structures a white hue. Moreover, since the color-producing ...

One study estimated that over a single melt season, red pigmented algal blooms could reduce the snow albedo by 13%, suggesting it plays an important role in how the effects of climate change can ...

In the case of red algae, for example, most pollination takes place in shallow tide pools, where the delicate dance between animals and those they pollinate could be disrupted by pollution ...

He also studies red, green, and orange snow and would love to examine other colors if he were lucky enough to discover them. His palette comes from springtime blooms of algae that live only in ...