Red Tide: Robotic glider monitoring gulf waters for red tide

By Matt Lewis North County residents are getting the chance to see red tide along the coast this week. Kayakers sent a video showing the "blue-green biolum.Caused by naturally occurring algae blooms, red tide can cause fish kills, discolored water and human respiratory problems. There is no evidence of red tide in the Coastal Bend, but crews are taking water samples to monitorRed tide is a common name for a phenomenon also known as an algal bloom, in which large concentrations of aquatic

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