This week on the Bloom Health Club podcast, we’re highlighting a local duo on a mission to bring sustainability and clean ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A blanket of seaweed that spans roughly 5,000 miles that can be seen from space is heading for the east coast of Florida. The mass is called sargassum. “So we are looking at the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (BLOOM) — Florida mornings can be deceptively pleasant, until the heat and humidity ramp up by mid-morning. For those trying to stay healthy, productive, and cool in the Sunshine ...

Large and often smelly brownish-colored algae blobs are headed for South Florida shores once again ... and [it] would be the largest macroalgae bloom ever,” Dr. Brian Barnes told News 6.

These blooms release massive amounts of brevotoxin into the ocean. With their characteristic red color, these red tides affect Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, and Texas. Richard Stumpf, an algal ...

Stretching for some 156 miles along Florida’s east coast ... runoff laden with fertilizers that can exacerbate algal blooms—the lagoon’s equilibrium is under constant threat.

As a coastal resident in Florida, the beach is the heartbeat of my community and a major focal point of our way of life. It’s our park, our playground, our spiritual connection to nature.

In April, the University of South Florida estimated this year’s bloom is already at 31 million tons — “40% more” than the previous record from June 2022, according to LaPointe. The ...

Scientists at the University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab ... is also forming earlier than usual out in far-off ocean waters. The bloom began in March and reached unprecedented ...

NAPLES, FL – One person has been found dead in a possible bear attack, authorities said. Officers were on the scene and investigating it as an "active crime scene," Arielle Callender ...