algae blooms

  • A U.S. City Just Granted Legal Rights To A Lake

    A U.S. City Just Granted Legal Rights To A Lake

    Crystal Jankowski went into labour during the 2014 water crisis in Toledo, Ohio. The city’s 276,000 residents couldn’t use their tap water at all for a weekend in August — no drinking, bathing, nada. The water, supplied by Lake Erie, had become toxic due to the lake’s dangerous algae overgrowth.


  • Why Algae Could Be The Greatest, And Trickiest, Fuel Source Of All

    Why Algae Could Be The Greatest, And Trickiest, Fuel Source Of All

    From powering aeroplanes to replacing nuclear energy, algae has been touted as a green energy miracle. So if our waterways are already filled with the stuff, why isn’t it filling the world’s skies with biofueled planes? Algae is a tricky creature that presents a lot of challenges and misconceptions. Here’s why it’s difficult to harness…