{"id":1931,"date":"2019-10-30T14:01:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T14:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1931"},"modified":"2025-10-16T20:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T20:45:30","slug":"can-we-clean-up-stop-or-end-harmful-algal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1931","title":{"rendered":"Can we clean up, stop, or end harmful algal blooms?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:15px;background-color:#21212166\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hab-solutions960.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"[aggregator] downloaded image for imported item #1931\" style=\"border-radius:15px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hab-solutions960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hab-solutions960-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hab-solutions960-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hab-solutions960-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 960px)) 100vw, min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 960px)\" title=\"Can we clean up, stop, or end harmful algal blooms?\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Harmful algal blooms \u2014 often referred to as HABs for short \u2014 occur when algae produce toxic or harmful effects on people, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, birds, or other aquatic organisms. Blooms occur in marine and freshwater environments throughout the world, with damaging ecological, social, and economic effects. So why can\u2019t we clean up the algae and take care of this problem? Unfortunately, the answer is not so simple. Harmful algal blooms are a natural process. There are records of HABs from early European colonists arriving to Florida in the 1500s. However, research points to an increase in the frequency and intensity of algal blooms in modern times due to environmental changes caused by humans.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/hab-solutions.html\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This  was originally published on https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/hab-solutions.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Harmful algal blooms \u2014 often referred to as HABs for short \u2014 occur when algae produce toxic or harmful effects on people, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, birds, or other aquatic organisms. Blooms occur in marine and freshwater environments throughout the world, with damaging ecological, social, and economic effects. So why can\u2019t we clean up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1932,"parent":280,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1931","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1931"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2007,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1931\/revisions\/2007"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}