{"id":63849,"date":"2020-02-20T15:42:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T20:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=63849"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:31","slug":"carleton-hosts-science-cafe-the-knowns-and-knowledge-gaps-of-harmful-algal-blooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2020\/carleton-hosts-science-cafe-the-knowns-and-knowledge-gaps-of-harmful-algal-blooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Hosts Science Caf\u00e9 \u2013 The Knowns and Knowledge Gaps of Harmful Algal Blooms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton Hosts Science Caf\u00e9 \u2013 The Knowns and Knowledge Gaps of Harmful Algal Blooms\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>As part of Carleton University\u2019s Science Caf\u00e9 series, David McMullin, professor in the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Chemistry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Institute of Biochemistry<\/a>, will present <a href=\"https:\/\/science.carleton.ca\/cu_event\/harmful-algal-blooms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Harmful Algal Blooms: Knowns and Knowledge Gaps<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When: <\/strong>Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.<br>\n<strong>Where: <\/strong>Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 1049 Bank Street, Ottawa<br>\n<strong>Info: <\/strong>This event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media are invited to attend the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With access to upwards of 20 per cent of global freshwater, Canada is the steward for a significant amount of the planet\u2019s resources. During the past 100 years, freshwater ecosystems have undergone widespread environmental change because of population growth, pollution, increased temperatures and habitat degradation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A consequence of this environmental change is the increase in frequency and magnitude of toxic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) blooms. These blooms release toxin mixtures into freshwater that negatively impact human and ecosystem health, wildlife and local economies. In this talk, McMullin will highlight our current understanding of harmful algal blooms and discuss existing limitations for managing their natural toxins in freshwater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Science Caf\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Science Caf\u00e9 series is organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/science.carleton.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Faculty of Science<\/a> at Carleton to discuss relevant issues facing our society and how science can help solve real-world problems. Meet some of Carleton\u2019s award-winning faculty members and graduate students as they share their excitement about science with the community. For more information, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/science.carleton.ca\/events\/science-cafe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Science.carleton.ca\/science-cafe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth Murphy<br>\nCommunications Co-ordinator<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-520-2600, ext. 8834<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Elizabeth.Murphy@carleton.ca\">Elizabeth.Murphy@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow us on Twitter<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/cunewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\n<strong>Need an expert? Go to<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of Carleton University\u2019s Science Caf\u00e9 series, David McMullin, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Institute of Biochemistry, will present Harmful Algal Blooms: Knowns and Knowledge Gaps. When: Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. Where: Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 1049 Bank Street, Ottawa Info: This event is free and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":63850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[160,104,121],"class_list":["post-63849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-advisories","tag-chemistry","tag-science","tag-science-cafe"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63852,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63849\/revisions\/63852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}