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While our congressional delegation is back at home for the August recess, it's time for the press to take them to Utah Lake, along with researchers from Brigham Young University, Utah State University and the University of Utah, to discuss the relationship between warming temperatures and the toxic algae bloom.
What are the economic impacts of this algae bloom? What is the link to temperature? How likely is this to happen in future summers? The first six months of 2016 were the hottest ever.
Jean M. Lown
Logan