You know those massive algal blooms that cover much of Lake Okeechobee each spring and summer? The ones that threaten the St. Lucie River and Caloosahatchee River estuaries, and everyone who lives around or spends time on them, with toxins?
Well, get used to them. They’re going to keep coming back to Lake O for a while. Year after year.
Toxic summers on Lake Okeechobee are the new normal. Lake O’s algal blooms are getting — and will continue getting — more frequent, bigger and longer-lasting.
Learn the reasons why — and what can be done about it — in our latest Deep Dive.
