Climate change is increasing risk of high toxin concentrations in Northern US lakes

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Source: Image is courtesy of Ted D. Harris, Kansas Biological Survey and Center for Ecological Research, Uni

As climate change warms the Earth, higher-latitude regions will be at greater risk for toxins produced by algal blooms, with water temperatures of 20 to 25 degrees Celsius at greatest risk for developing dangerous levels of a common algae-produced toxin.

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