Red Tide

PHOTOS: Manatee And Sea Turtles Rescued From Red Tide Posioning

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Sea Turtles, Miami Seaquarium, Miami News, Manatee, Bonita Springs, Bonita Springs Manatee Saved, Breve Manatee, Red Tide, Sea Turtle Conservation in Miami Florida, Manatee Rescued From Poison Algae, Manatee News, Miami News

Two kayakers in Bonita Springs came across what they thought was a dead manatee Tuesday night. But as they approached the belly-up creature, they real...

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World's Last Surviving Flock Of Whooping Cranes Threatened

AP | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Texas Drought, Whooping Cranes, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Dan Alonso, Tommy Moore, Endangered Species, Red Tide, Green News

FULTON, Texas — Raising its slim, white neck out of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, one of the world's last surviving whooping cranes hungrily...

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Eerie Red Tide In Texas Prompts Oyster Harvesting Ban

AP | By LINDA STEWART BALL and DIANA HEIDGERD | Posted 12.26.2011

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DALLAS -- An eerie algae bloom that has painted chunks of Texas' coast a reddish brown – and even a yellow-green in some places – has forc...

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Louisiana's Oyster and Shrimp Supplies Will Remain Tight

Susan Buchanan | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Seafood Testing, Red Tide, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Oysters, Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Green News
Susan Buchanan

Lately, Louisiana residents have worried that their lunchtime oyster and shrimp poboys are torpedoing the weekly budget. After a series of calamities in recent years, Louisiana shellfish is expensive and won't become cheaper anytime soon.

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WATCH: Glow-In-The-Dark Blue Waves On San Diego Beaches

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: San Diego Glow in the Dark Waves, Glow in the Dark Waves, Bioluminescent Waves, Red Tide, Bioluminescence, Blue Wves, Glow in the Dark Red Tide, Blue Waves Glow in the Dark, Red Tide San Diego, Red Tide San Diego 2011, Red Tides San Diego, Glowing Waves San Diego, Video, Green News

Who knew red tide caused blue waves? San Diego's beaches are captivating many with an eerie nighttime phenomenon. It seems that "red tide" is causi...

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Lynne Peeples

Blooming Health Hazard: New Shellfish Poison Found In U.S. Waters

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Fertilizer, Shellfish Poisoning, Environmental Health, Nutrient-Runoff, Algal Bloom, Chesapeake Bay, Environment, Algae, Climate Change, Puget Sound, Red Tide, Video, Green News

The bright red skull-and-crossbones signs are hard to miss and increasingly common on Pacific Northwest beaches. A whole new fleet just popped up alon...

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Not a Post Apocalyptic Wrap- Up

Will Durst | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hope and Change, Tea Party, Olive Branch, Red Tide, John Boehner, Birpartisanship, Comedy News
Will Durst

When the Administration says they want to work with Boehner and McConnell, they do. The way a five-year-old with a magnifying glass wants to work with ants. Same goes for Republicans.

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ALERT: Red Tide Found In New York Harbor

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The Coast Guard says a nearly 10-mile-long ribbon of red tide has been spotted in New York Harbor. The agency says the outbreak of p...

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Stopping the Red Green Slime Monster

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fertilizer, Florida, Red Tide, Green News
Carl Pope

As the K. brevis mats bloom and spread, they emit a potent neurotoxin that kills fish and marine mammals. The agribusiness industry and other polluters fought hard to prevent any action against its spread in Florida.

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Strange Connections: Midwest Farms and Floods Killing Gulf Fish?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Floods, Environment, Fishing, Gulf of Mexico, Red Tide, Fish, Dead Zone, Fish Farming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Ever hear of a "dead zone"? I don't mean the book by Stephen King. I'm referring a typically large swath of ocean that is so depleted of oxygen that most aquatic life caught in one either suffocate or escape the region.

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