Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 3:25 - A massive algal bloom in 2015 set records for being the largest and most toxic bloom in recorded history. A new study has now linked warm ocean conditions to this potentially deadly and unprecedented phenomenon.
Research led by scientists at the University of Washington in partnership with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that "the blob" -- an abnormally warm patch of water in the Pacific -- provided a thriving atmosphere to Pseudo-nitzschia australis, which is the single species of diatom that dominated 2015's toxic algal bloom.
These unusually warm ocean conditions occurred during the Spring and Winter of 2014.
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