UK’s largest lake struggles with algae bloom
Ducks swim past a rock covered with blue-green algae blooms, also known as cyanobacteria, at Battery Harbour on Lough Neagh, Cookstown, Northern Ireland, August 19, 2025.— Reuters Toxic blue-green algae blooms covered much of Lough Neagh, the largest lake in the UK and Ireland, and this summer, the thick green veneer has been worse than ever, according to locals living near the Northern Ireland landmark. “The lake is dying,” Mary O’Hagan, an open water swimmer, told AFP at Ballyr...






