BAYKEEPER IN THE NEWS
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The Bay Area’s algal blooms are wreaking havoc for fish

Pacific Sun

The Bay Area is experiencing a harmful red tide, which peaked in August, yet still lingers in September. The tell-tale signs are tea-colored water, foul odors and dead fish. Check, check and check...

Poop and pee fueled the huge algae bloom in San Francisco Bay. Fixing the problem could cost $14 billion

San Francisco Chronicle

After an unprecedented harmful algae bloom first turned San Francisco Bay a murky brown color and then littered its shores with dead fish, many people assumed it was yet another climate disaster to...

Why Are There So Many Dead Fish? And What Can We Do About it?

KQED

By now, many people have seen, or even smelled the thousands of fish that washed up on shores all over the Bay Area. Scientists say it's likely the result of an algal bloom that's grown over the past...

Depleted Oxygen Levels Caused by SF Bay Algae Bloom Could Lead to ‘Large-Scale Aquatic Deaths'

NBC Bay Area

Interview with Baykeeper's senior scientist, Jon Rosenfield: Scientists are warning that the massive fish die-off due to the algae bloom in the San Francisco Bay is just the beginning. Terry...

‘It’s an Unimaginable Number of Fish’

KQED

You’ve probably seen pictures or even smelled them by now. This past week, thousands upon thousands of dead fish washed up on shorelines all over the Bay Area. And there are way more beneath the...

Thousands of dead fish wash up in Oakland lake to create a putrid mess

The Guardian

Thousands of fish carcasses have been floating up to the edges of the San Francisco Bay, and the scummy top of Oakland’s Lake Merritt – stewing under the sun and wafting a putrid stench into nearby...

Dead fish are piling up on San Francisco Bay Area shores. A toxic algae bloom is likely cause

USA Today

Thousands of dead fish and other marine life carcasses are washing ashore in the San Francisco Bay Area, creating a foul smell. Experts point to an unprecedented "red tide" algae bloom as the mostly...

Harmful Algae Blooms in the Delta

Estuary News

In the absence of a government program to contend with harmful algae blooms (HABs) in the Delta, a loose coalition of academics and environmental and community groups has been studying their spread...

Toxic Red Tide Kills ‘Uncountable’ Numbers of Fish in the Bay Area

New York Times

The fish, first reported dead along the San Mateo County shoreline last Tuesday, are most likely being asphyxiated as a result of the algae, said Jon Rosenfield, a senior scientist with San Francisco...

Officials Say Fatal SF Bay Algae Bloom Killing Fish Could Last for Weeks

NBC Bay Area

The red algae bloom in the San Francisco Bay killing hundreds, if not thousands, of fish since last week likely won't end for at least a couple weeks, as the warm weather gets hotter going...

A closer look at the deadly algal bloom

NBC Bay Area

NBC Bay Area's Raj Mathai speaks with the executive director of San Francisco Baykeeper, a nonprofit keeping track of a deadly algal bloom in the San Francisco Bay.

Dead fish collect along the San Francisco Bay amid rare algae bloom

Axios

Thousands of fish are dying and washing ashore around Oakland's Lake Merritt and other parts of the San Francisco Bay. What's happening: Environmental groups believe the algae bloom...

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