Tag: algae bloom

Rust Tide | Nantucket | MA
Island Science

Rust Never Sleeps – Algae Bloom

• by Dr. Sarah Oktay, Director, University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station • Well, I wish I was reviewing a 1979 Neil Young and Crazy Horse album (although that would be a bit weird and not all that timely), but in fact I am talking about the rust tide which […]

Island Science

Danger that Fits on the Head of a Pin, Algae Bloom

• by Dr. Sarah Oktay, Director, University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station • Every summer two dangers come floating to the surface, one entertaining but unlikely, the anticipated and much feared great white shark attack, the other much less entertaining and sadly, very likely, in the form of blue green […]