Cyanobacteria blooming in Lake Windermere, UK Ashley Cooper pics/Alamy
Communities around the world trying to manage blooms of toxic algae and cyanobacteria already know they have to control nutrient pollution. But now it seems they may have another factor to worry about: too much artificial light.
鈥淵ou have light pollution in urbanised areas where you may also have a nutrient pollution problem,鈥 says at the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in Germany. 鈥淚t could be that the combination of both favours cyanobacteria blooms.鈥
