Southwest Florida is warily watching the return of red tide, a toxic algae bloom that cost businesses nearly $150 million in losses last year Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest ...

It’s been making headlines a lot lately, and possibly ruined your beach day if you were planning on heading out in southwest Florida: Red tide. But what is it, and where did it come from? Red ...

A sign warning of the red tide risk is displayed at Lido Key Beach in Sarasota, Florida, on March 15, 2023. The algae that causes red tide can result in toxic conditions for marine species.

Sunshine State Sees No Karenia brevis, Fish Kills, or Respiratory Woes in Promising Week Floridians and visitors alike can ...

What first seems like some type of unsettling waterborne disease is simply an algal bloom. Algal blooms occur when microalgal ...

The dangerous algae blooms are called karenia brevis, and they thrive in briny sea water that is warm but not too hot.. Ocean observers at Florida's Mote Marine lab say this year's red tide is not ...

The bottom line is red tide is indeed a naturally occurring phenomenon that existed long before Europeans came to Florida, and the type of intense bloom we are experiencing now is not normal but ...

The FWC describes red tide – also known as a harmful algal bloom – as a higher-than-normal concentration of microscopic algae. A bloom happens when there are large concentrations of cells ...

“A red tide, or harmful algal bloom, is a higher-than-normal concentration of a microscopic alga (plantlike organism),” explains the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, in a ...

A new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tool to predict harmful algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico is live, and now being used to forecast potential red tide bloom movements and impacts.

After months of red tide killing sea life on Florida's west coast, the waters off of Palm Beach County tested positive for the toxic algae in early October.

It’s been making headlines a lot lately, and possibly ruined your beach day if you were planning on heading out in southwest Florida: Red tide. But what is it, and where did it come from? Red ...