Department of Environmental Protection maps outbreaks across the state

Professor says climate change allows bacteria to continue growing through mild winters, and rebloom with vigor in hot summers

Algal blooms, or cyanobacteria, can be found in lakes throughout New Jersey.

Harmful algal blooms have prompted the state Department of Environmental Protection to post advisories against swimming this summer.

That dangerous rash-inducing cyanobacteria that closed Lake Hopatcong last week remains.