Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

High school students learn about harmful algae in western Alaska

By Alaska Sea Grant | January 26, 2023

Student in a science lab holding a dropper and slide next to microscope. Teacher watching and holding bottle of seawater taken from Port of Nome.

For three days in November, students from Nome-Beltz High School learned about ocean algae, especially about toxin producing species that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) in humans and marine wildlife.…