OMEN: Disaster Precursors - Lake Water Turns Blood Red In Indiana?!

November 18, 2014 - INDIANA, UNITED STATES - Feast your eyes on this Water. It’s a tint that looks more like the blood that runs through your body.

And it might have your heart pumping, but Biologist Peter Coppinger says there is a science behind this crimson color.

It’s an algae that turns red, it’s called Haematococcus, if you translate that from Greek, it means blood sphere,” explained Peter Coppinger, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology at Rose-Hulman

However, Coppinger says this algae is actually not red, “ironically this is a green algae.”

Except they take a page out of human emotions, because when they get upset, then they change colors.

“When the cells become stressed out they form a cist, that forms little droplets of oil that form a red pigment,” shared Coppinger.

WATCH: What’s in the water that is making it blood red? 
   

But it’s not easy to get the algae to bring out their true color.

“There are a lot of different factors that all have to come into play; age, sunlight, temperature, nutrients, salinity and PH. If those all come together they can form that massive bloom of red algae,” said Coppinger

That red does more than change the color

“The alga produces red oil that acts like a sun screen,” explained Coppinger. - WTHITV.

OMEN: Blood Red River In Switzerland - Writer Suggest Mysterious Global Phenomena Are Signs Of An Imminent Geological Pole Shift?! [PHOTOS]

May 05, 2014 - SWITZERLAND - On Wednesday, the 30th of April 2014, in Bern, Switzerland, the river Lotzwil turned blood red, and scientists say they have absolutely no explanation for it. Could this be a sign of the approaching Pole Shift? Are blood red waters a sign you can use as a guide to countdown to the coming Pole Shift? You bet!

This is not an isolated incident. Not only blood red waters, but also red dust and fiery red skies are all precursors of the coming Pole Shift, which by the way, is a natural occurrence that happens approximately every 3,652 years.

Revelation 16:4 – And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.

Judging by the list below, it would seem that the third angel has been busy.

This is not the first time (nor will it be the last time) that the waters of Earth have turned blood red. Just ask people living in Sri Lanka, India, the UK, "Arkansas," Slovakia, Australia, China, France, Beirut, Lebanon, and even Texas, to name a few. They've had their own experiences with blood red water, blood red rain, and red dust.

• Feb 2014: Blood red water in a pond in Wichita, Kansas. The water took on a pinkish color in the morning and within a few hours it had turned blood red.
• Jan 2014: A stream in North Hampshire in the United Kingdom turned blood red. By the way, Hampshire is located in SE England, where there have been a lot other “bizarre things” happening of late.
• Dec 2013: A river near a small village in Slovakia turned blood red.
• Dec 2013: Red dust blanketed SE Texas as massive tail of Planet X blew toward Earth
• Dec 2012: A stream in Arkansas turned blood red.
• Nov 2012: Tourists in Australia fled Bondi Beach when the sea turned blood red.
• Nov 17, 2012, a never-before experienced red rain fell heavily in Sri Lanka for more than 60 days. In some places a red frost covered the ground. The alien cells examined from the red rain were found to be replicating without DNA (VIDEO)
• Sept 2012: A section of the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China turned blood red
• Aug 2012: A lake in in the Rhone Delta of southern France turned blood red.
• Jul 2012: Blood red rain fell in Kannur, Kerala, India when heavy downpours of red rain fell sporadically on the southern Indian state staining clothes pink.
• Feb 2012: In Beirut, Lenbanon, the Beirut River and canals turned blood red.

What’s really happening? Scientists struggle with explanations as they attempt to rationalize this “blood red” phenomenon – dye in the river, dust from some far off desert, pollution - but for the most part, they are at a loss to explain red waters and red dust, as well as blood red skies in the dark of night.

Images of blood red rivers across the globe:

Where does this blood red color come from? Per the Zetas of ZetaTalk, it's coming from the tail of Planet X (Nibiru).

The Zetas say red dust was collected from the asteroid belt as Planet X (Nibiru) passed through that zone in the past. Planet X (Nibiru)'s debris tail is composed of moons, space trash, and iron oxide dust gathered during its transit of the solar system. As this debris tail wafts toward earth, it can turn oceans, lakes, rivers, and other objects a blood red color. Objects spun off from this debris tail are seen as green fireballs flashing across the skies with more and more frequency.

According to the Zetas, red dust from Planet X (Nibiru)’s wafting tail is now sweeping over Earth . . . and there are no parts of the globe that escape the red dust, which is probably more extreme on the side of the globe facing Planet X (Nibiru). They also say . . a countdown sign is an unmistakable, fine red dust that cannot be confused with any other natural occurrence.

In his book “Worlds in Collision,” Velikovsky also wrote of a fine red dust:

"One of the first visible signs of this encounter was the reddening of the earth's surface by a fine dust of rusty pigment. In sea, lake, and river this pigment gave a bloody coloring to the water. Because of these particles of ferruginous or other soluble pigment, the world turned red."

This is not the time to hide your head in the sand and hope that what you don't see or know won't hurt you. Instead, expect a lot more of these so-called “bizarre blood-red incidents” as Planet X (Nibiru) closes the gap between itself and Planet Earth.

The truth is there for those with eyes to see and ears to hear. - Examiner.

MASS FISH DIE-OFF: "Scientists Are Puzzled" - Early Fish Die-Off In Maryland Waters Centered On Baltimore Remains A Mystery?!

May 04, 2014 - MARYLAND, UNITED STATES -  As quickly as it started, a fish kill in Baltimore's Inner Harbor appears to be easing.

A skim boat filled with dead fish from Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

Alex DeMetrick reports what triggered the sudden die-off is still guesswork.

The city moved fast to remove the die-off, with skim boats collecting hauls more commonly seen on commercial fishing boats and as menhaden and shad died from the Inner Harbor out to the Key Bridge.

"And some of them were struggling at the surface, looking like they were trying to catch their breath. It was sad to see; it was just so widespread," said John Tapscott, Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Tapscott captains the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's educational boat in the harbor. Tuesday's trip spotted far fewer dead fish but none of the usual triggers of die-offs, which normally happen later in the year in far warmer weather.

"We didn't really see any classic sign and even the oxygen yesterday, there was enough oxygen in the water for the fish to breathe," Tapscott said.

"I think it's pretty certain some kind of combination of nutrients, runoff and organic matter," said Dr. Donald Boesch, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.

Which takes rain to move off the hard surfaces of urban areas into the harbor and bay.

"People fertilizing lawns and gardens, animal waste," Boesch said.

Causing algae blooms that turn water brown during hot weather, choking off oxygen other life needs. But that's not happening - at least on the surface.

But wind could churn up dead water from below.

"So if you get a wind condition, it will take that material that consumes a lot of oxygen up to the surface," Boesch said.

But it's not clear if that happened this time.

"I think scientists are puzzled as to why. Everyone wants to know. I'd love to know why," Tapscott said.

Maryland's Department of the Environment says there are no signs of a toxic spill or a classic algae bloom. Answers from water tests will take at least a week.  - WJZ.

OMEN: The River Of Blood - Mysterious Phenomena In Wichita Neighborhood In Kansas Shock Residents As Pond Water Turns Blood Red?!

February 19, 2014 - KANSAS, UNITED STATES - "It's been a weird day!" Freddy Fernandez says.

The weirdness began Tuesday morning when the pond outside his Wichita house took on a pinkish color.  Within a few hours, it had turned blood red.

Fernandez says the pond is full of fish, and there's no indication any have died because of this. There's also no odor.

Fernandez took a photo last week of the pond when it was frozen-over. At that time, an unusual pink pattern had formed in the ice.

"I just don't want any zombies coming out of there!" he says.


WATCH: Mysterious phenomenon in Wichita neighborhood.

Fernandez posted photos on Facebook, and within just a few hours friends have shared them around the world. Some suspect it's algae, while others wonder if it's caused by iron. There are all sorts of theories.

"I just don't want people showing up, thinking this is some Biblical phenomenon or something like that," Fernandez says.

We tried to get in touch with an expert to find out what may be to blame for the red water, but had no luck. - KWCH.

OMEN: The River Of Blood - Villagers Shock As Slovakian Waterway Turns Red Overnight "Like Something From A Horror Film"!

December 03, 2013 - SLOVAKIA - Rumours were rife in a Slovakian town this week when a river running through turned bright red.

'Slaughter of 1,00 virgins': Locals feared the colour change was an result of mass murder or 'evil', although the
most likely explanation is that of a broken filtration system at a nearby slaughterhouse

The river in Myjava, a small municipality on the border to the Czech Republic, had changed colour over night and turned into 'blood'.

Police have been called in to investigate the matter, but it is believed to be a faulty filtering system from a slaughterhouse upstream.

Roman Podbrezova, 65, had gone for a morning walk when he saw the drastic change to the river which runs through the centre of the town.

‘I just could not believe my eyes,’ he said. ‘The river was dark red. It was like something from a horror film. Blood cascading through the centre of town.’

Another local said: ‘This is really creepy. Yesterday evening I walked past here and it was its normal colour.

‘Now it looks like someone slaughtered 1,000 virgins or something. I'm not superstitious, and we've never had any serial killers or anything like that here, but this isn't normal.

Riverrun: Residents in the small town of Myjava in Slovakia awoke to a river red as blood.

Police spokesman Elena Antalova said: ‘We are checking the source of the blood and what caused it.

‘At the moment we are thinking it could have come from dead fish or maybe someone washed a barrel containing blood in the river.

‘It seems it came from the drains directly above the museum,’ she said.

The waste from a slaughterhouse higher up the River Myjava is usually pumped into a retaining pool where it is filtered before being released into the river. - Daily Mail.

OMEN: Strange Phenomena - Water Turns Blood Red In The Netherlands; Possibly Caused By Natural Bacteria Or Algae; People Warned To Avoid The Water?!

November 02, 2013 - NETHERLANDS - In what could be yet another symptom of climate change, residents of Nootdorp in the Netherlands woke up to a strange phenomena today: A normally pristine river had turned a bloody red color.

Mystery: River in Netherlands turns a bloody red color. Photo: Mark Ruder

The cause of the red waters behind Pub 1837 in Nootdorp is almost certainly a natural bacteria or algae, says spokeswoman Inka Vogelaar of the Delfland Water Board. Although authorities say there has been no ill effects on fish, people in the area have been advised to avoid the water.

Bodies of water turning red is not a new phenomena and has been reported in other areas around the world recently. Researchers believe the red waters are linked to a rise in bacteria and rare algae blooms, another symptom of our changing and warming climate.

Photo: Mark Ruder

In an important paper published in 2008, Stephanie Moore, an expert on toxic algae with NOAA, highlighted the concerns in the scientific community about how ocean acidification, the ugly step-child of climate change, could contribute to the rise of toxic algal species:

“A more acidic environment would favor, among others, the dinoflagellates – the group of phytoplankton to which most harmful algae belong,” Moore wrote.

Trainer, a co-author on the paper, suggests we may be entering a “dinoflagellate regime.”


WATCH: Waters Turning Red in Nootdorp. 

There have been other recent incidents of water turning red, one happening in Australia of last year, except this time it was on a beach: The crimson tide: Tourists in Australia flee as Bondi Beach turns into the 'Red Sea' because of rare algae bloom.

Last year residents in China close to the Yangtze river woke up to a big surprise when the huge river had turned into a sea of red: Yangtze River Turns Red and Turns Up a Mystery.

Last year, a river in Beirut also turned red, alarming residents: Beirut river turns blood red

Although not every instance of water turning red may be caused by a toxic algae bloom, recent reports by the NCCOS say this about the strange phenomena that seems to keep popping up in recent years:

"Recent data shows that unusual or unprecedented algal blooms have been linked to climate anomalies (e.g., Belgrano et al. 1999, Skjodal and Dundas 1991, Cloern et al. 2006, Moore et al. 2009)."

Sometimes referred to as a "red tide", these events usually occur in estuaries and along the coastlines, although they can also occur in fresh water.

Scientists are examining the latest red water event in the Netherlands to try and determine a cause. - Examiner.

MASS ANIMAL DIE-OFF: Catastrophic Mortality - Florida Manatees Dying At Record Rates; 769 Dead In 2013; The Deadliest Year Ever?!

November 01, 2013 - UNITED STATES - Toxic algae blooms that deplete the water of essential oxygen are killing a record number of manatees in Florida this year, biologists say.

A total of 769 manatees have died trough Tuesday, making 2013 the deadliest year ever for the blubbery denizens of the deep found off the Florida coast, Save the Manatee Club announced.

A pair of manatees swim near NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 13, 2010.

With more than two months left this year, nearly twice the number of manatees have already died compared to all of 2012, which saw 392 confirmed manatee deaths.

The last record—766 dead manatees—was set in 2010, when an unusually cold winter and spring killed hundreds of the delicate creatures, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Manatees live near the coastline, and when the weather turns cold, they often shelter near springs or in warmer discharge canals at power plants to avoid the condition known as "cold stress," which can weaken and eventually kill the aquatic mammals.

"With 2013's catastrophic loss of manatee lives coming so close on the heels of the mass mortality suffered during 2010, the already difficult job to ensure the survival of these gentle and defenseless marine mammals has been made all the more challenging, and it's not over yet," said the club's executive director Patrick Rose.

"What we put into our waters, how much we pump from our aquifer and draw from our springs and rivers, together with how we use our waterways, all has an impact on our own lives and the lives of every aquatic species."

The club's director of science and conservation blamed two "unusual mortality events" for this year's major losses.

Toxic red-tide bloom killed 276 manatees this winter and spring in southwestern Florida, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Most of the deaths took place in the Cape Cora-Fort Myers region off the Gulf coast.

The second event remains unexplained, but saw more than 100 manatees die of undetermined causes in Brevard County off the Atlantic coast.

Tripp said those deaths were linked to various algal blooms and the loss of 47,000 acres (19,000 hectares) of seagrass since 2010.

Of the total number of deaths this year, 123 were stillborn, newborn or young calves, in another record for that mortality category.

Manatees are a protected species in Florida, highly affected by urban development in recent years along the coast in the central and southern parts of the state.

In the bay of Miami, where families of three or four manatees are commonly spotted along the shore, many of the animals are killed after being struck by boats. - PHYSORG.

MASS FISH DIE-OFF: Another Fish Kill Due To Red Tide In Indian River Lagoon, Florida - Health Experts Advise The Sensitive To Avoid Area Of New Infestation!

October 20, 2013 - UNITED STATES - A reddish algae had dead fish washing up ashore and left a nauseating odor wafting along Riverside Drive on Monday.

As biologists test the water, health officials say people with respiratory or other health conditions should avoid the algae-infested areas, or eating seafood caught there.

On Monday there was a strong, irritating odor from the Indian River Lagoon along Riverside Drive in Melbourne,
along with a fishkill north of the Melbourne Causeway. MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY

Diane Barile, a retired biologist who taught at Florida Tech and lives along Riverside Drive, just north of U.S. 192, wasn’t taking any chances.

“I’m closing all the windows,” Barile said. “I’m just not going outside.”

The lagoon took on a coppery reddish hue near Barile’s house Monday, where large dead mullet washed ashore in the brisk wind. “It’s like a red line,” Barile said of the discolored water.

Dolphin she saw early Monday seemed in a frenzy, she said, as if affected by the algae.

Recent lagoon water tests have not found Karenia brevis, the algae species most commonly referred to as red tide. That algae hasn’t popped up in Brevard since 2007.

But other algae that similarly discolor the water have been blooming. State wildlife officials for weeks have reported patchy algae blooms in the lagoon. Among them is a reddish algae called Pyrodinium bahamense, a brown algae named Aureoumbra lagunensis — also referred to as brown tide — and a yellowish-brown algae called Pseudo-nitzschia.

State wildlife officials gathered water and fish samples Monday to try to identify the main culprit in the fish kills and the respiratory issues Barile reported to health officials.

Meanwhile, people concerned about health effects of any algae bloom should call the Florida Poison Information Center, state health officials said.

“You should not go close to it if you are sensitive,” said Brevard County Health Department Director Heidar Heshmati. “Most of them (algae blooms), they may have neurotoxin.” - Florida Today.

MASS FISH DIE-OFF: Algae Bloom Blamed For Massive Fish Kill At Sierra County Reservoir, California!

September 30, 2013 - UNITED STATES - A massive fish die-off at Stampede Reservoir, 19 miles northeast of Truckee, is thought to be due to an algae bloom.

File photo.

“The bloom appears to be causing oxygen to lower in the deeper water, and there are hundreds and hundreds of dead kokanee and lake trout,” said fisheries biologist Amber Rossi.

The lake, which is in the Sierra County portion of the Tahoe National Forest, is a popular fishing spot.

Concerned anglers have called both the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Forest Service’s Truckee Ranger District office for several weeks, said Rossi, who is Fish and Wildlife’s fisheries biologist for Sierra and Plumas counties.

“We’re still getting reports,” she said Friday , “so apparently it’s still going on.”

After the first call was received Sept. 8, a Fish and Wildlife warden checked for pollution and found none, Rossi said, so she took water samples Sept. 11.

“The oxygen was lower in the deeper water,” she said. “Fifty feet down, it was 2.6 parts per million – half of what fish need to survive – and 3.6 on the surface.”

Hardest hit were the kokanee, then the lake trout – both deep-water dwellers.

“We found hundreds and hundreds of them near the dam side of the lake,” Rossi said.

The bloom does not seem to have affected the rainbow and brown trout, which live in a different part of the lake where incoming tributaries help aerate the water, she said. Nor are the large-mouth bass affected – they can survive with less oxygen.

Although “we’ve had a really low water year,” she said, there have been no reports of fish die-offs at other area lakes.

“I can’t say with complete certainty what’s happening at Stampede,” Rossi said.

Because the problem does not appear to be caused by the lake “turning over” – temperature shifts that often happen in fall and spring – or by pollution, it’s more than likely caused by the algae bloom lowering the oxygen in the deeper water, she said.

“I would think the (predicted) rain and colder weather coming in would help,” Rossi said.

In the meantime, vultures, bears and eagles are having a heyday.  - The Sacramento Bee.

MASS FISH DIE-OFF: Algae-Related Fish Kills Plague Indian River Lagoon, Florida - September Peak Month In Brevard, Accounting For About 15 Percent!

September 19, 2013 - UNITED STATES - Dead sheepshead and pinfish speckled local waters such as the canal behind Nikki Pingston’s house, fouling the air countywide this week and souring the disposition of waterfront dwellers.

“There doesn’t seem to be anything done to the bodies of the fish,” Pingston said of the hundreds of scaly corpses in her canal this week. “That’s the first time I’ve seen the fish floating out there.”

Many have reported similar isolated patches of dead fish throughout the Indian River Lagoon, Mosquito Lagoon and Banana River in recent weeks. Others have spotted groups offish gasping for air.

Among the reports this past weekend were an estimated 1,000 dead fish in the Banana River near Mathers Bridge and Telemar Bay Marina, according to the state’s fish kill database.

The lagoon’s fish have been suffocating under an onslaught from this summer’s ongoing brown tide and several other algae blooms in the Indian River Lagoon, Mosquito Lagoon and Banana River, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Tripp Pingston, 6, and neighbor Rileigh Capozzi, 7, look at the canal water behind the Pingston family home
on Sandpiper Drive, where hundreds of dead fish are spread out. / Tim Shortt/FLORIDA TODAY

FWC researchers have documented patchy blooms of algae in all three of those water bodies, resulting in discolored water and fish kills in some spots.

Algae adds oxygen to the water during the day, as a byproduct of photosynthesis, but less so on cloudy days. Then at night, the algae consumes oxygen, at times depleting the water of enough oxygen to kill fish in the early morning hours.

But biologists say summer fish kills are nothing new this time of year, typically peaking in August and September in Brevard.

Warmer summer water holds less oxygen than cooler water. And bacteria in water can consume oxygen as algae and other organic matter rots.

“Just this past week, we’ve had several going on at once,” said Rich Paperno, research administrator at FWC’s Indian River Field Laboratory in Melbourne, of the recent fish kills.

“It seems it’s been fairly quiet in terms of fish kills,” Paperno added. “It’s typical for this time of year.”

According to a FLORIDA TODAY analysis of FWC’s fish kill database:

• More than 1,500 fish kills were reported in Brevard County since 1973. Melbourne and Merritt Island had the most, more than 300 each, or a combined 43 percent of the total reported in the county.
• September has been the peak month for fish kills in Brevard, with 224 die-offs, or about 15 percent.
• The leading cause of fish kills in Brevard was low oxygen in the water, accounting for 397 of the fish kills. Almost as many, 378, happened for unknown reasons. Algae blooms were the third-leading cause, 219 reported die-offs.

WATCH: Algae-related fish kills plague Indian River Lagoon.

The database, which also includes incidences such as manatee, sea turtle and bird deaths, is based on reports made to thestatewide Marine Fish Kill Hotline. FWC follows up on each report,although they can’t verify every account through direct observation.

Pingston can. Her canal off Sandpiper Drive links with Grand Canal, which runs along Tortoise Island and Lansing Island, where similar fish kills have been reported this week.

Paperno, of FWC, has seen it before.

“That Grand Canal seems to be a common place where they happen,” Paperno said.

“Any canal with a lot of housing along it is probably a hotspot,” he said. “You’ve taking out the natural habitat.”

Loss of mangroves, overfertilizing and septic tanks contribute to the algae explosions that can kill fish and other lagoon wildlife, biologists say.

Since moving to Sandpiper about a year ago, the Pingstons already have witnessed four dead manatees. Earlier this year, Nikki Pingston said she took a sick cormorant to a local wildlife hospital. It didn’t make it.

“This is just sad to see this,” she said. - Florida Today.

MASS FISH DIE-OFF: 10,000 Dead Salmon Found Scattered Along Lake Koocanusa In Montana?!

August 30, 2013 - UNITED STATES - State wildlife officials say a strong and fast moving storm front last Sunday night appears to have triggered a kokanee salmon die-off in Lake Koocanusa.

Fisheries biologist Mike Hensler estimates there were at least 10,000 dead juvenile kokanee measuring 8"-10" long scattered from Big Creek to the Canadian border.

The event is similar to a die-off in 2005, and several others in the 1990s and earlier.

John Fraley with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks says the deaths appear to have been triggered by a period of calm, hot weather that lets the reservoir stratify and allows algae to bloom.

The storm front, accompanying winds and drop in atmospheric pressure allows the algae to mix with deeper layers. The kokanee ingest the algae, which includes some blue-green algae which is toxic to the fish, as they are feeding, according to a news release.

The fish then become disoriented, come to the surface, their air bladders expand and they are unable to dive back to depth so the warm surface water kills them.

The algae is not abundant enough to affect humans and has now been dispersed by continuing winds.

Fraley pointed out that the die-off only lasted a few days and only affected a small portion of what would be next year's adult salmon. There are no health concerns with eating a fish healthy enough to hit a lure. - KPAX.

MASS FISH DIE-OFF: Hundreds Of Dead Fish Found In Agoura Hills Lake, California?!

August 23, 2013 - UNITED STATES - A massive cleanup was underway at Lake Lindero in Agoura Hills after hundreds of dead fish turned up in its waters -- at least 200 fish were seen belly-up drifing toward concrete banks.

A massive clean-up is underway in Agoura Hills after hundreds of dead fish turned up in a nearby lake.
Residents reported seeing the fish in Lake Lindero just off the 101 Freeway
and just south of Lindero Country Club. 

In the past several days, something has been taking a chunk out of the lake’s fish population, including carp.

Residents sent NBC4 photos of the "fish kill" that they began noticing on Sunday.

"It can’t be healthy for kids around here. Can’t be healthy for adults," said Mark Odney, a Lake Lindero resident.

"Golf Projects Lindero" is the company that operates the lake’s country club. Its president, David V. Smith told residents they are not to panic.

"I would just ask homeowners to understand that this is something we are trying to address," he said.


WATCH: Hundreds of Dead Fish Surface in Agoura Hills Lake.

Smith added that the kill is an unfortunate consequence of a dredging project earlier this year. If 5,000 yards of silt are pulled out of the lake, it kicks up nutrients from the bottom, he said. And, if hot weather is added to that, it results in an algae bloom.

"When algae blooms, then of course, it sucks oxygen out of the lake," Smith said.

The fish went lifeless after suffocating in the oxygen-depleted water. The solution is to kill the algae slowly with chemicals, but that may take a few weeks.

"It’s turned into a cesspool," Odney said.

Angry residents said they are "raising a stink" over the issue because they just can’t stand the stench of the dead fish.

Meantime, the lake's management company told NBC4 that it can’t kill all of the algae at once because that would kill more fish than it would save. - NBC Los Angeles.

MONUMENTAL EARTH CHANGES: Dead Sea Scrolls Of Biological Deserts - Why This Year's Gulf Of Mexico Dead Zone Is TWICE As Big As Last Year's?!

August 15, 2013 - GULF OF MEXICO - First, the good news: The annual "dead zone" that smothers much of the northern Gulf of Mexico - caused by an oxygen-sucking algae bloom mostly fed by Midwestern farm runoff - is smaller this year than scientists had expected.

Dead Sea scrolls: In the red part, "habitats that would normally be teeming with life become,
essentially, biological deserts," NOAA says. NOAA.

In the wake of heavy spring rains, researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had been projecting 2013's fish-free region of the Gulf to be at least 7,286 square miles and as large as 8,561 square miles - somewhere between the size of New Jersey on the low end to New Hampshire on the high end. Instead, NOAA announced, it has clocked in at 5,840 square miles - a bit bigger than Connecticut. It's depicted in the above graphic.

Now, for the bad news: This year's "biological desert" (NOAA's phrase) is much bigger than last year's, below, which was relatively tiny because Midwestern droughts limited the amount of runoff that made it into the Gulf. At about 2,900 square miles, the 2012 edition measured up to be about a third as large as Delaware.

Smaller than expected though it may be, this year's model is still more than twice as large as NOAA's targeted limit of less than 2,000 square miles. Here's how recent dead zones stack up - note that the NOAA target has been met only once since 1990. Low years, like 2012 and 2009, tend to marked by high levels of drought, and high years, like 2008, by heavy rains and flooding.

Why such massive annual dead zones? It's a matter of geography and concentration and intensification of fertilizer-dependent agriculture. Note that an enormous swath of the US landmass - 41 percent of it - drains into the Mississippi River basin, as shown below. It's true that even under natural conditions, a river that captures as much drainage as the Mississippi is going to deliver some level of nutrients to the sea, which in turn will generate at least some algae. But when US Geological Survey researchers looked at the fossil record in 2006, they found that major hypoxia events (the technical name for dead zones) were relatively rare until around 1950 - and have been increasingly common ever since. The mid-20th century is also when farmers turned to large-scale use of synthetic fertilizers. Now as much a part of Mississippi Delta life as crawfish boils, the Gulf dead zone wasn't even documented as a phenomenon until 1972, according to NOAA.

The very same land mass that drains into the Gulf is also the site of an enormous amount of agriculture. The vast majority of US corn production - which uses titanic amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus, the two main nutrients behind the dead zone - occurs there.

The region is also where we shunt much of our factory-scale meat farms. This Food and Water Watch map depicts concentration of beef cow, dairy, hog, chicken, and egg farms - the redder, the more concentrated.

Big Ag interests like to deflect blame for the annual dead zone, claiming that other factors, like runoff from lawns and municipal sewage, drive it. But the US Geological Service has traced flows of nitrogen and phosphorus into the Gulf, and there's no denying the link to farming. "In total, agricultural sources contribute more than 70 percent of the nitrogen and phosphorus delivered to the Gulf, versus only 9 to 12% from urban sources," the USGS reports.

The Gulf of Mexico isn't the only water body that bears the brunt of our concentrated ag production. Much of the eastern edge of the Midwest drains into the Great Lakes, not the Gulf. And they, too, are experiencing fertilizer-fed algae blooms - particularly Lake Erie. The below satellite image depicts the record-setting, oxygen-depleting bloom that smothered much of Lake Erie in 2011, which peaked at 2,000 square miles (about Delaware-size). "That's more than three times larger than any previously observed Lake Erie algae bloom, including blooms that occurred in the 1960s and 1970s, when the lake was famously declared dead," a University of Michigan report found. The culprit: severe storms in the spring, plus "agricultural practices that provide the key nutrients that fuel large-scale blooms.

Then there's the Chesapeake Bay region, site of a stunning concentration of factory-scale chicken facilities (Food and Water Watch map)...

...and a massive annual dead zone. "Livestock manure and poultry litter account for about half of the nutrients entering the Chesapeake Bay," the Chesapeake Bay Program reports:

All of which raises the question: Are dead zones inevitable, a sacrifice necessary to feeding a nation of 300 million people? Turns out, not so much. A 2012 Iowa State University study found that by simply adding one or two crops to the Midwest's typical corn-soy crop rotation, farmers would reduce their synthetic nitrogen fertilizer needs by 80 percent, while staying just as productive. And instead of leaving fields bare over winter, they could plant them with cover crops - a practice that, according to the US Department of Agriculture, "greatly reduces soil erosion and runoff" (among many other ecological benefits) - meaning cleaner streams, rivers, and ultimately, lakes, bays, and gulfs. Moreover, when animals are rotated briskly through pastures - and not crammed into factorylike structures where their manure accumulates into a dramatic waste problem - they, too, can contribute to healthy soil that traps nutrients, protecting waterways from runoff. - Mother Jones.

MASS ANIMAL DIE-OFF: Catastrophic Mortality - Government Declares Mass Dolphin Die-Off In Florida An Unusual Mortality Event!

July 25, 2013 - UNITED STATES - At least 54 bottlenose dolphins have died mysteriously in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon since January. Today, the federal government is stepping in to help find out what’s killing them.

Dolphins are dying in the Indian River Lagoon. Today, the federal government announced that it will help
investigate the cause. (Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute)

In a normal year, that number would be closer to 22. On July 24, NOAA declared the mass die-off an “Unusual Mortality Event” — a declaration that will send federal resources and scientists to help teams already on the ground in Florida. It’s the lagoon’s worst dolphin die-off on record, and the cause is mysterious.

“This has become a national investigation, instead of a local investigation,” said Megan Stolen, a marine biologist with Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, the nonprofit organization that has been investigating and keeping track of the dolphin deaths so far. ”This will definitely help us.”

Map by Greg Miller.

It’s the second time this year that NOAA has declared an Unusual Mortality Event for marine mammals in the lagoon, a 156-mile-long estuary that runs along Florida’s Atlantic coast. In April, a mass manatee die-off received the same designation. This is the third time a UME has been declared for dolphins in the lagoon. What caused the others, in 2001 and 2008, is still a mystery.

The lagoon is a treasured but troubled ecosystem, and has been besieged by a combination of nutrient run-off, pollution, and algal blooms — ingredients that have created a lethal situation for 112 manatees, roughly 300 pelicans, and 54 dolphins since last July. Scientists don’t yet know if the die-offs are linked, or if there are multiple killers on the loose in the estuary. Multiple investigations are ongoing, with teams trying to find out whether algal toxins, or pollution, or something else is to blame.

Stolen became concerned about the dolphin deaths in January. But it wasn’t until late spring that the carcasses really began to pile up; at one point, scientists were retrieving a dolphin a day from the northern and central lagoon. The die-off is affecting dolphins of all age classes and sexes. Some of the bodies are intact, others have been scavenged by sharks. Unlike the dead manatees, which appear normal except for being dead, the dolphins are emaciated — thin and bony. But whether they’re starving because of disease, or a toxin, or a lack of food is still unknown. Clues are scarce, and only one sick dolphin has been found alive.

Elevated numbers of dead dolphins, casualties of a mysterious killer, prompted the UME declaration. (NOAA)

Now, Stolen says, the die-off has slowed a bit. In July, five dolphins have been pulled from the lagoon’s brackish water.

“The last few dolphins have been calves,” she said. “Newborn babies.”

It’s not clear yet whether the calves, three of them, are casualties of the mysterious scourge. But, Stolen says, “We would expect that if moms are getting hit by the UME cause, that we would start seeing dead calves as well.”

Map by Greg Miller.

She and her colleagues will continue to monitor and respond to situation as NOAA’s team determines which direction to take the investigation in. ”We are starting to look in [the dolphins'] stomachs now,” she said. “Normally when we do a necropsy, we kind of scoop everything out of their stomachs and put it in a bag. What we’ll do now is we’ll separate the liquid from the solid.”

The liquids are good for toxin analyses, and the solids will tell researchers what, exactly, the dolphins have been eating — and if there are any clues to be found in their last meals. - WIRED.

MONUMENTAL EARTH CHANGES: Massive Algae Overload Swamps Chinese Beaches - The Largest Algae Bloom EVER SEEN; Covers 11,500 Square Miles; Larger Than The State Of Massachusetts?!

July 09, 2013 - CHINA - More than 20,000 tons of bright green algae has washed ashore on China's beaches in recent weeks, but there's disagreement as to what caused the massive bloom.

A boy lies on the algae beach. Photograph: Imaginechina/Rex Features

A man buries himself with the algae that has covered beaches in the Qingdao area.
Photo: Jian Feng/Associated Press

The algae began washing ashore about a month ago in the city of Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province, as it does every year. But this year's bloom is estimated to be twice the size of 2008's, when the Beijing Olympic sailing event was threatened by a similar bloom.

The Los Angeles Times reports that so far this year the algae has covered an area of about 11,500 square miles, which is larger than the state of Massachusetts.

A man swims in seawater covered by a thick layer of green algae on July 3, 2013, in Qingdao, China.
Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images

 A group swim at an algae. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

 A woman wearing mask plays at a beach. Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

 Two young tourists take photos on a beach. Photograph: Imaginechina /Rex Features

Some researchers believe the algae is from seaweed farms south of Qingdao, which grow nori on coastal rafts that attract algae. Others say it may be naturally occurring, or from fertilizer washed into the ocean from gardens, farms and golf courses.

Generally, the plant poses no danger to humans, but it can produce a toxic gas if left to rot, the LA Times notes. - Huffington Post.

WATCH: Chinese beaches overwhelmed by algae.

MASS ANIMAL DIE-OFF: Catastrophic Mortality - 46 Dolphins, 111 Manatees And 300 Pelicans Have Died Since Last Summer In Indian River Lagoon, Florida; One Dolphin Turning Up Dead Everyday Last Week?!

June 18, 2013 - UNITED STATES - The Indian River Lagoon on Florida's east coast has long been known as the most diverse ecosystem in North America.

A kayaker spotted a sick dolphin stranded in shallow water in Indian River Lagoon this week and stayed with it for two hours until rescuers could capture it. Because it was suffering some from sunburn, they draped it in a sheet until they could take it to rehab. After finding 46 dead dolphins in the lagoon, this is the first live one and could provide clues to what’s been killing them off. Teresa Mazza with Hubbs-SeaWorld.

Its 156 miles of water boast more than 600 species of fish and more than 300 kinds of birds.

The lagoon is not just an ecological treasure. To the towns along its edge — Titusville, Cocoa, Melbourne, Vero Beach and Stuart, among others — it accounts for hundreds of millions in revenue from angling, boating, bird-watching, tourism and other waterfront activities.

But these days the Indian River Lagoon has become known as a killing zone.

Algae blooms wiped out more than 47,000 acres of its sea grass beds, which one scientist compared to losing an entire rainforest in one fell swoop.

Then, beginning last summer, manatees began dying. As of last week, 111 manatees from Indian River Lagoon had died under mysterious circumstances. Soon pelicans and dolphins began showing up dead too — more than 300 pelicans and 46 dolphins so far.

A dolphin swims near Round Island in the southern portion of the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday. At least 46 dolphins have died under mysterious circumstances — one a day in the past week. CHRIS ZUPPA | Times

How bad is it? In the past week, a dolphin a day has turned up dead in the lagoon, said Megan Stolen, a research scientist at Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute.

"When you lose the manatees, pelicans and dolphins, you know something is going on," said Marty Baum of Indian Riverkeeper, a nonprofit environmental group that tries to act as a steward for the lagoon and the Indian River that flows into it.

Yet so far nobody can name the killer. Biologists have some suspicions but are baffled about any connection among the species' problems. The diets are different: Manatees are vegetarians, while pelicans and dolphins eat fish. The symptoms are different: The manatees' stomachs are stuffed, while the pelicans and dolphins are emaciated.

Baum's family has lived around the lagoon since the 1860s, but he can't remember anything like this ever happening.

The lagoon has had algae blooms before. None of them were like the one that hit it in 2011. Experts called the explosion of the greenish Resultor species a "superbloom" because it covered nearly 131,000 acres and lasted from early spring to late fall.

Algae coats sea grass in the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday. Already, 47,000 acres of sea grass beds have died from algae blooms. CHRIS ZUPPA | Times

Then came the "brown tide" algae bloom last summer, tinting the water a chocolate brown. The algae, Aureoumbra lagunensis, have been a recurring problem in Texas. Why it suddenly showed up in Florida is another mystery.

The algae blooms shade out sunlight needed by sea grass. By the time the algae was done, the lagoon had lost more than half its sea grass, essential to nurturing fish and other marine species.

Then came what Pat Rose of the Save the Manatee Club called "a cascade of events."

The mysterious manatee die-off began in the northern part of the lagoon last July, hit its peak around March and now produces another dead manatee about every two weeks, said Martine DeWit of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Biologists at a state laboratory in St. Petersburg examine every dead manatee that's found in Florida for a cause of death. But the Indian River Lagoon manatees have them stumped. The manatees appeared to have abruptly sickened and drowned.

Algae coats sea grass in the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday. Already, 47,000 acres of sea grass beds have died from algae blooms. CHRIS ZUPPA | Times

Normally manatees eat sea grass. With much of the sea grass gone, the manatees turned to eating a red sea weed called gracilaria. But so far there is no sign that played any role in their deaths, DeWit said. The lab is continuing to test for viruses, pollutants or something else.

Similar tests are being run on the dead pelicans and dolphins. Stolen of Hubbs-SeaWorld said the dolphin die-off first became evident in January and has not let up since.

And the lagoon's 700 dolphins are already somewhat beleaguered. They tend to suffer from high levels of mercury. In fact, research by the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution at Florida Atlantic University has found that there's so much mercury in the lagoon's fish that people who eat them have higher mercury concentrations in their tissues than those who eat imported fish.

Scientists caught a break Friday when a kayaker discovered an ailing, sunburned, underweight dolphin stranded in the shallows, Stolen said. Rescuers were able to capture it for rehabilitation, and they hope it offers clues to what killed the others.


WATCH: Indian River Lagoon mystery ailment killing dolphins, manatees, pelicans.

When it comes to naming the cause, the list of suspects rivals a game of Clue. Stormwater runoff filled with fertilizer and other nutrient pollution has been blamed for fueling the algae blooms. Other theories point to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dumping polluted water from Lake Okeechobee, changes in water temperature or salt levels, overflow from contaminated mosquito-control ditches, even climate change, which is boosting the acidity of the world's oceans.

The Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute had hoped for $2 million in state money this year for a study of the lagoon's water chemistry, but Gov. Rick Scott vetoed the appropriation.

There are a few hopeful signs. The pelican die-off appears to have ended. As for the sea grass, "we're starting to see some regrowth in certain areas, but not as much as we'd hoped," said Tony Rice of the Indian River Lagoon Estuary Program, a government-sponsored partnership among local and state agencies.

Meanwhile, a new brown tide bloom was spotted last month. If the lagoon hasn't hit a point where it's sliding toward oblivion, said Rose, of the Save the Manatee Club, a return to normal is a long way off. "I'm thinking it's seven, eight, nine years," he said. "We could be looking at a decade before it recovers." - Tampa Bay Times.

MASS FISH DIE-OFF: Fish Kills Worry Residents On Padre Island, In Texas?!

June 07, 2013 - UNITED STATES - Discolored water and dead fish floating is becoming a concern for residents out on The Island.

Padre Island Fish Kills Concern Residents.

An Algae Bloom, caused from all of the runoff from the recent rain events, have caused a Brown Tide to enter into Laguna Madre. Texas Parks and Wildlife says they got reports of this Brown Tide at the end of May, and it still hasn't gone away.

What a Brown Tide does is cause the oxygen in the water to decrease. The lack of oxygen kills the fish creating a not so nice view for residents.

"It's kinda gross," said Scott Underbrink about the dead fish.

With dead fish floating around the canals, residents say this creates a new stinky issue.

"It's really just the smell, it is. Then the seagulls came and took advantage of it. Took their opportunity then all the seagull droppings," said resident Joe Hall.


WATCH: Padre Island Fish Kills Concern Residents.

Parents who live on the canals say this Brown Tide is even starting to effect their children. Parents say sight of these dead fish is so disturbing to their children that their little ones are refusing to do anything near the canal.

"They don't wanna go out on the back deck. My younger daughter has a little fort back there. She went to her fort and she came back inside because of the dead, floating fish," said Hall.

Texas Parks and Wildlife says nature should take care of itself and this Brown Tide should be clearing up soon.

Brown Tide isn't toxic to humans, but officials with Texas Parks and Wildlife say if you see dead fish in the water... do not go for a swim. - KZTV.