Athukoorala. Sri Lanka experienced heavy rainfall throughout October, and the Mahaweli River, which flows into the sea at Trincomalee, likely brought large volumes of freshwater and nutrients into the ...

The phenomenon, already recorded elsewhere, happened for the first time in the port city where the Mahaweli River flows. The ...

Scientists: algae proliferation favoured by ‘sunlight ... located on the north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka. It was caused by the presence of thousands of rotting fish that washed ashore and ...

A Water Quality Officer investigated the report on the same day and NIEA scientists confirmed the presence of blue-green algae at this location. "Notification of the confirmed bloom was sent to ...

“They are single-celled aquatic organisms called cyanobacteria that are closely related to bacteria and can photosynthesize like algae.” The blooms occur most often in late summer and early ...