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News Release 18-078
NSF, NIEHS award $30 million for new research on links among oceans, lakes and human health
Awards focus on marine and Great Lakes pathogens, such as toxins in harmful algae blooms
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A red tide, or harmful algae bloom, is tainting Gulf of Mexico waters off Southwest Florida.
Credit: NOAA
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Dead fish line southwest Florida beaches, the result of red tide.
Credit: NOAA
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The microscopic plankton Karenia brevis is responsible for the Florida harmful algae bloom.
Credit: USFWS
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A 2011 freshwater harmful algae bloom turned Lake Erie a bright blue-green.
Credit: NASA
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In 2015, one of the largest harmful algae blooms on record fouled waters along the West Coast.
Credit: NOAA
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A past red tide off La Jolla, California. As in Florida, ocean waters were stained crimson.
Credit: Wikimedia
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