http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A day at the beach in Wisconsin's North Woods didn't used to go like this. Candy Dailey spent a Fourth of July holiday splashing with grandkids on the sandy shore of Lake Metonga when she felt a nasty sting on her foot. http://www.physorg.com/news176972286.html Biology Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:59:07 EST news176972286 (PhysOrg.com) -- A toxin produced by freshwater algae has garnered plenty of media coverage in recent years, but a new University of Florida study shows there`s little cause for concern about its presence in Florida lakes. http://www.physorg.com/news172854024.html Space & Earth Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:50:02 EST news172854024 (PhysOrg.com) -- As federal agencies respond this month to President Barack Obama's executive order to redouble efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, the challenge in Pennsylvania is to focus on local initiatives aimed at helping agricultural producers and their nonfarming neighbors adopt conservation practices that can improve water quality in bay tributaries, according to an agricultural pollution expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. http://www.physorg.com/news172323932.html Space & Earth Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:46:44 EST news172323932 (AP) -- It should have been a perfect day for Vincent Petit, finishing up an afternoon gallop on a wide expanse of beach along a pastel-colored bay. Instead, he and his mount were sucked into a hole of noxious black sludge. http://www.physorg.com/news170743350.html Space & Earth Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:43:25 EST news170743350 (PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to keep lakes and streams clean, municipalities around the country are banning or restricting the use of phosphorus-containing lawn fertilizers, which can kill fish and cause smelly algae blooms and other problems when the phosphorus washes out of the soil and into waterways. http://www.physorg.com/news169743896.html Space & Earth Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:30:01 EST news169743896 The Water Science and Technology Board, (WTSB), Division on Earth and Life Sciences of the National Research Council has released for publication its study for improving water quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico. The purpose of the study was to create an action plan for reducing nutrient load in the effected areas causing low levels of oxygen and creating a condition called hypoxia. http://www.physorg.com/news167908025.html Space & Earth Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:30:33 EST news167908025 Research from the University of Alberta has confirmed that algae blooms, which can poison lakes and kill fish, can be controlled by limiting phosphorus. http://www.physorg.com/news136038336.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:25:36 EST news136038336