Winter Algae Blooms Becoming ‘New Norm’ For Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Algae blooms in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor are common in warmer months, but here we are in December, and an algae bloom is turning the water brown.
“It usually blooms in spring, in April and May,” says Dr. Allen Place, of the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology. “That’s when we see these big blooms. This, now occurring in December, is very, very odd.”
The bloom turns the harbor brown, and is commonly called a mahogany tide.
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