Big shift in thinking about red tide cause

Research has shed new light on what created the algal bloom that swept the Gulf Coast last year.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 6:00 a.m. April 26, 2019
A satellite photo of the Tampa Bay area taken in October 2018 that shows areas affected by red tide. Photo courtesy of NASA.
A satellite photo of the Tampa Bay area taken in October 2018 that shows areas affected by red tide. Photo courtesy of NASA.
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Causes of the devastating red tide that took a bite out of Gulf Coast tourism revenues last year are more complicated than first thought, according to new findings by University of South Florida researchers.

 

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