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High Temperatures And Algae Blooms Withered East Hampton Harbors and Ponds Last Summer

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Stony Brook scientists monitoring water quality in East Hampton waters in 2023 used a small remote boat to take water quality measurements throughout local harbors.
Water temperatures soared in 2023.
Accabonac Harbor saw a large 'rust tide' algae bloom in 2023, more than any other harbor in the town.
Algae blooms spiked in local harbors.
Fort Pond in Montauk saw a dense bloom of toxic blue-green algae in the late summer of 2023.

Stony Brook scientists monitoring water quality in East Hampton waters in 2023 used a small remote boat to take water quality measurements throughout local harbors.

Water temperatures soared in 2023.

Accabonac Harbor saw a large 'rust tide' algae bloom in 2023, more than any other harbor in the town.

Algae blooms spiked in local harbors.

Fort Pond in Montauk saw a dense bloom of toxic blue-green algae in the late summer of 2023.

East Hampton’s harbors saw record-high water temperatures in 2023 and were beset by waves of harmful algae blooms that also broke records and busted traditional norms, a Stony Brook University... more

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High Temperatures And Algae Blooms Withered East Hampton Harbors and Ponds Last Summer

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