Algal Blooms

Stony Brook University ecologist Chris Gobler completed his 2023 Assessment of Water Quality Impairments for Long Island. The map and report aims to provide a guideline for residents and policy makers by comparing water quality to the standards of federal and state regulators.

The United Nations considered the hard clam restoration in Shinnecock Bay on eastern Long Island as a prime example of mixing scientific advancements and natural solutions. These methods could assist in the heavy lift of global conservation efforts that’s recognized by World Oceans Week.

Scientists suspect a “Mahogany Tide” is blooming in Bellport Bay.Stony Brook scientist Christopher Gobler tells Newsday that its discovery in Bellport Bay…

Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced New York will test a new program to remove toxic algal blooms from bodies of water. The state will start with Lake…

This summer, every major bay and estuary on Long Island had to deal with toxic algal blooms, low oxygen in the water, or both. That’s according to a new…

Scientists are excited about a possible low-cost solution to the nitrogen pollution problem in Suffolk. They discussed their findings at the New York…

A new study by the Clean Water Partnership finds that toxic algal blooms were discovered in every major bay and estuary across Long Island: 15 lakes and…

One of the largest brown tides in Long Island history, which extended from Southampton into Nassau County, has finally cleared in the Great South Bay,…

In order to cut nitrogen levels in the Western Bays, Nassau County will divert wastewater from the Bay Park Treatment Plant in East Rockaway to one in…

Stony Brook University scientists have found links between increased toxic algae blooms in the North Atlantic and global warming.The team of scientists…