Artificial light pollution could fuel the growth of toxic algae flowers

Communities around the world try to manage Flowers of toxic algae and cyanobacteria Already know that they must control nutrient pollution. But now it seems that they have another factor to fear: too much artificial light.

“You have light pollution in urbanized areas where you can also have a nutrient pollution problem,” said Hans-Peter Grossart at the Leibniz Institute of freshwater ecology and interior fishing in Germany. “It could be that the combination of the two favors of cyanobacteria flowers.”