Students at Florida Gulf Coast University are participating in a unique competition on Friday against schools around the country, showcasing their investment and money management practices.
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FGCU students experimenting with hydrogen peroxide to kill blue-green algae
Published: May 12, 2021 5:10 PM EDT
Updated: May 12, 2021 5:11 PM EDT
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Students at Florida Gulf Coast University are seeing if hydrogen peroxide can be used to kill or potentially stop toxic algae.
The students are using the algae outbreak on Lake Okeechobee to learn how to potentially control it in water conditions from the Caloosahatchee River. It’s a chance to bring the lab outside in a more real-life scenario.
“Today is the second day of our cyanobacteria experiment that we are running in these tubs over here,” said Taylor Hancock, a research assistant at the Water School at FGCU and a PhD student at the University of South Florida.