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[♪] jon: the toxic red tide that sometimes chokes the florida coast, scientists are using drug overdose that is used for humans to treat animals. reporter: a toxic algae bloom is bleeding into the panl panhandle. commonly known as red tide, its having a devastating effect. researchers are fighting back with a new medical treatment given directly to the sea life, offering hope to the problem spreading around the world. >> they bind heavily to fat.

[♪] jon: the toxic red tide that sometimes chokes the florida coast, scientists are using drug overdose that is used for humans to treat animals. reporter: a toxic algae bloom is bleeding into the panl panhandle. commonly known as red tide, its having a devastating effect. researchers are fighting back with a new medical treatment given directly to the sea life, offering hope to the problem spreading around the world. >> they bind heavily to fat.

Seven fold. and all of ended up off the mississippi gulf coast. >> we had the largest number of dolphins die, about 143 dolphins and about 195 sea turtle. >> and what is killing the dolphins? >> primary factor is the river water coming through the spillway, it has mud, clay, insecticides, pesticides, fertilizers, which creates toxic allege gi blo algae blooms. this is fresh water lesions, and these salt he water animals are exposed for a long period of time to fresh water. >> and the trump admin...

Bite trends since the 90s he found way up in the arctic circle stings from yellow jacket wasps jumped in five years. >> so the queens are surviving so the more queens the more colonies. the more the more colonies the more yellow jackets. >> and the fish. while bristol bay saw another epic salmon run more and more streams are just too hot for the fish to spawn. >> temperatures we saw this summer were what we expected for 2069. >> really? >> were 50 years ahead of where we thought we would be for ...

Week. nbc news begins a special week-long series climate in crisis. the impacts of climate change that are being felt across the country including one new jersey lake where rapid algae ploom has emerged. here is anna thompson. >> reporter: you dont have to dpoe to where polar bears live to see the impact of climate change. in fact, ducks will do just fine. this is lake in the exotic locale of new jersey. >> i imagine people will go climate change? new jersey? >> reporter: for jessica murphy its ...

While bristol bay saw another epic salmon run, more and more streams are just too hot for the fish to spawn. >> the temperatures we saw this summer were what we expected for 2069. >> really? >> were 50 years ahead of where we thought we would be for stream temperatures. >> oh, my gosh. >> so thats very alarming. >> reporter: meanwhile, out at sea, this research team from noaa is spending the summer measuring all kinds of arctic change, including those at the bottom of the food chain. >> we are l...

Studied insect bite trends since the 90s, he found that way up in the arctic circle stings from yellow jacket wasps jumped. >> the queens are now surviving. so the more queens, the more colonies. the more colonies, the more yellow jackets. >> reporter: and then there are the fish so vital to this economy. while bristol bay saw another epic salmon run, more and more streams are just too hot for the fish to spawn. >> the temperatures we saw this summer are what we expected for 2069. >> really? >> ...

Smell from this algae bloom. that can drive the tourists away. one is natural, one is human. unone, the churning of the motion. but the human derived aspect can be traced back to the amazon issue. theyre using lots of fertilizers to amend the crops there. that goes straight out to the river and gives an inpoint feed for the ocean waters. we know continues to warm in a warming planet. and that causes the breeding grounds for algae blooms like this. incredible. it takes a change in an ocean curren...

>> i couldnt get in the water in miami. you feel for the people who live there. >> i dredged dfr it is not only obnoxious. it stinks and causes health and economic issues for the people that live there. this is the largest algae bloom across the world. people travel to the u.s. for vacation. 2 million people come from europe and annican canada. it is massive and extremely stinky. its causing issues on the coastlines of these island nation s as well as the u.s. at the moment. and nas to was able ...

>> i was thinking, you cant go in the water. derek van dam is here to talk about whats causing it. >> its the largest algae bloom ever recorded across the planet. it stretches from west africa to the gulf of mexico. its not only obnoxious. its a health issue and ike logical issue. 4 million people travel from the u.s. to the yucatan peninsula for vacation. 2 million people from europe and canada, to what they believe they will be a pristine beach holiday. i would put my nose up and turn the othe...