An influx of nutrients in recent decades has contributed to the proliferation of algae in the large Canadian lake.
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Phosphorus runoff from farmland surrounding Lake Champlain contributes to summer cyanobacteria blooms in the northeastern part of the lake.
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A break in the clouds offered a glimpse of phytoplankton north of Norway, Finland, and Russia.
Swirls of phytoplankton and sediment brightened the island’s coastal waters in July 2023.
Cyanobacteria covered over half of the surface of Florida’s largest freshwater lake in mid-June 2023.
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