A Algae, That Can Kill Dogs, is Growing Because of Climate Change

These blooms of algae which had appeared in New Jersey’s largest lake, and some other places, have now recently been discovered in 3 New York parks. These blooms contain a toxic bacteria which grows in warmth, on sunny days, and from nutrients nearby, before they wash away during rainstorms into bodies of water. It has been spotted more frequently do to the excessive rainfall, which has been connected to climate change.One of the parks that contained some of this algae was Prospect Park, more specifically the Prospect Park Dog Beach, in Brooklyn, which continues to remain open. This bacteria can cause rashes, neurological problems, liver damage, respiratory paralysis, or collapse and die suddenly if swallowed. This is just another one of climate change’s negative effects on the environment.

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 Climate change has been a topic of discussion for a while, whether one believes in it or not. The article adds the fact that these tests for the algae have gone on for a while, but do to the increase of heat and rainfall, have sprung up more often. These changes in climate are negatively affected our environment and are making family places like parks, unsafe.

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  1. AnonymousAugust 31, 2019 at 5:36 PM

    It's a shame that this is happening and that dogs as a whole could be in danger of extinction, if the problem isn't solved.

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