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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? >> we're 50 years ahead of where we thought we would be for stream temperatures. >> oh, my gosh. >> so that's 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 looking at harmful algae blooms, so they're taking samples for toxins in the waters for harmful alg...

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? >> we're 50 years ahead of where we thought we would be for stream temperatures. so that's very alarmi...

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. they're 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 current or a change in the wind direction to pile this up on the coastline of miami beach or

>> i couldn't 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. it's causing issues on the coastlines of these island nation s as well as the u.s. at the moment. and nas to was able to algae bloom as it blossomed.

>> i was thinking, you can't go in the water. derek van dam is here to talk about what's causing it. >> it's the largest algae bloom ever recorded across the planet. it stretches from west africa to the gulf of mexico. it's not only obnoxious. it's 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 other direction, as well. nasa was able to track the algae bloom over the decade or so.