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By LAYLAN CONNELLY / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER It looks like the red tide out in the ocean is sticking with us for a while. The ocean has been a funky, rusty red hue in various spots along our 42-miles of coastline, different each day but reappearing Who knew red tide caused blue waves? San [...]

An algal bloom off the San Diego coast, popularly referred to as a red tide, is currently glowing neon blue at night. Caused by phytoplankton known as dinoflagellates, the algae have been hanging around since late August. By day they turn the ocean a By William Mansell Mote Marine Laboratory has detected Karenia brevis, the [...]

Beaches off the coast of Sarasota and Charlotte counties have tested positive for red tide, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported this week. This is a guest post modified from two emails by professor of biological oceanography Peter Franks, reprinted here with his permission. Peter is a. Beaches off the coast of Sarasota [...]