The dormant cysts of a deadly algae are poised to revive in warming Arctic Alaska waters, a new study says
“The Arctic is set up to work when it’s cold. And it’s not as cold as it used to be.”
October 28, 2021
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For a long time, the Arctic waters off Alaska were thought to be too far north and too cold to pose any dangers from Alexandrium catenella, the species of algae that produces the toxin causing paralytic shellfish poisoning.
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