Days after a $14 million renovation, President Trump's Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, featuring an "American flag blue" bottom, has turned chartreuse due to an algal bloom. Park service workers are using chemicals and ozone nanobubbles to combat the issue, a problem that has plagued the pool for over 100 years.
Victor Harbor resident Jackson Baker, who has neurofibromatosis and an intellectual disability, experienced severe respiratory issues due to South Australia's algal bloom. His mother, Kirsty Whitehead, criticized the SA government's "inaccessible" and "inconsistent" public health information, particularly the lack of "easy read" formats. A volunteer survey by The Algal Bloom Shed collected symptom data, revealing common issues like coughs and headaches, which were not fully reflected in official advice.
Photographs capturing conservation efforts for northern bald ibises, an algal bloom in Canada, whale shark research in Australia, coral study in Saudi Arabia, and mosquito research in the US won awards in Nature's Scientist at Work competition.
Kangaroo Island's little penguin population has rebounded in 2025, with 704 breeding adults counted. While numbers are up from a 2024 low, they remain half of 2011 levels. Conservation efforts and monitoring continue.
South Australia's seafood industry is experiencing price increases and a potential 5-10 year recovery period due to an algal bloom and fishing restrictions in Gulf St Vincent. Popular species like King George Whiting and calamari are affected, with the gulf's closure extended to May 2027.
The damage caused by South Australia's harmful algal bloom is continuing to be documented on the Yorke Peninsula, even as government water testing shows reduced levels of karenia across most of the coastline.
One of South Australia's main fishing zones will remain closed for another year to allow stocks to recover from the algal bloom, sparking concerns from fishers over their future and warnings of price increases for consumers.
Emails released under FOI laws and obtained by the SA Liberal Party show government workers were removing the word "harmful" from communications about the algal bloom in SA waters, with one team leader labelling it "bizarre".
While testing has shown a dramatic improvement in South Australia's algal bloom situation, industry and experts fear it won't be a quick recovery.
Fishing restrictions will be strengthened in South Australian waters because of the algal bloom's devastating impact on stocks — but the government says the bloom itself has "essentially cleared up" along most of the state's coast.
Fishing restrictions will be strengthened in South Australia due to the algal bloom's devastating impact on stocks, but the government says the bloom itself has "essentially cleared up".
