Global warming favors proliferation of toxic cyanobacteria
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 - 11:00
in Earth & Climate
Cyanobacterial populations, primitive aquatic microorganisms, are frequently-encountered in water bodies especially in summer. Their numbers have increased in recent decades and scientists suspect that global warming may be behind the phenomenon, and are particularly concerned by the increase in toxic cyanobacteria, which affect human and animal health.