Project Overview
The dazzling and innocuous colors of cyanobacteria blooms do not fully reveal just how toxic they can be. Sometimes, a full-scale problem may not be visually noticeable. Droughts and extreme agricultural run-off can lead to an explosive growth of toxic cyanobacteria, forming a blanket of scum that prevents light from reaching deeper into the water column and degrading aquatic habitats, and creating low or depleted oxygen in a water body. The global proliferation of CyanoHABs have presented a major risk to the public and wildlife, and ecosystem and economic services provided by inland water resources.
