Harmful algal blooms: natural phenomena with an anthropogenic footprint

Harmful algal blooms are a natural phenomenon that produces problems for health (especially food poisoning) and for the well-being of humans (fishing, tourism, leisure) and of aquatic ecosystems. Certain anthropic pressures and global warming may increase their frequency and/or their negative impacts. Multidisciplinary scientific research, co-ordinated with political and socio-economic agents, can produce tools to mitigate their effects. As well as an overview, the speaker will be presenting examples of harmful blooms on the Catalan coast.  

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Cycle: SCIENCE ON MONDAY how human beings are transforming the earth: the Anthropocene Age - III

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