The recent algae bloom in the National Mall's Reflecting Pool highlights a common issue with these diverse, photosynthetic ...

The shallow, sunny waters of the reflecting pool are an ideal incubator for algae growth in the summertime. Experts say the recent renovation may have helped accelerate it.

Trying to kill algae with chemicals is a common response when community ponds or other water features go green, but a ...

D onald Trump has a new nemesis, with a name worthy of a supervillain: Scenedesmus.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even after $16 million worth of renovations were completed on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the green algae first spotted ...

I went to the Reflecting Pool because, as a certain American naturalist once said of a different pond, I wished to “live deliberately” and “see if I could not learn what it had to teach.” I doubted ...

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President Donald Trump’s $14 million renovation project at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is not going well. In fact, the efforts to kill off the algae are apparently helping foster a new, even ...

Enlisting nature to help purify the Reflecting Pool could be more patriotic and successful than tossing in more chemicals.