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Hosted by Ally Berry · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 20 episodes
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AquaDiary is a science podcast about the hidden stories, strange mysteries, and real-world risks lurking in our water. Hosted by environmental scientist Ally Berry, each episode breaks down fascinating water-related events — from toxic algae blooms and disappearing lakes to environmental headlines, hydrology, contamination, and bizarre aquatic phenomena — in a way that’s gripping, understandable, and actually relevant.If you like science, environmental mysteries, water disasters, lake science, or the kind of stories that make you look at the world differently, AquaDiary is for you.
Ally Berry hosts AquaDiary: Water Mysteries, Science & News, a science show with 20 episodes published.
Last week's reflecting pool video hit 400,000 views on YouTube. The most common question in the comments: is there actually a fix for algae? Copper sulfate. Silver. Hydrogen peroxide. Ultrasound. Aeration. I went through
Why did the Reflecting Pool get an algae bloom? Why did thepaint peel off? Is the Reflecting Pool safe? What killed the ducks? Why did the $16 million renovation fail? I'm an environmental scientist and work professional
Microplastics have been found in 83% of tap water samples tested worldwide, and yes, that includes yours. But here's what almost no one covering this topic will actually say: as of 2026, peer-reviewed science does not ye
Micron Technology is building the largest semiconductor fabrication complex in U.S. history in Clay, New York, and its wastewater will carry ( mostly unregulated) PFAS, the "forever chemicals," into a river system that c
In 2014, a man in a small New York town did something almost no one does: he tested his own tap water. What he found, PFOA, a “forever chemical,” at hundreds of times the level regulators consider safe, would expose a na
A few weeks ago I was at a conference when someone from the City of Rochester's water bureau found me in person to ask for a follow-up deep dive into their water supply. On the drive home, I stopped in Saratoga Springs,
The scientists who worked on this cleanup all signed NDAs and wouldn't speak with me. And mercury is still being found. In April 2026, routine marina renovations at Onondaga Lake uncovered mercury in sediment nobody had
21,800 tons of toxic chemical waste buried under a neighborhood and a school. Hundreds of families in Love Canal had no idea. This is the story of America's most infamous environmental disaster, and the woman whose anger
Rochester was voted the best-tasting municipal water in New York State. Then they found a body in the reservoir. In March 2024, a maintenance worker discovered a man's body in Rochester's Highland Park Reservoir. It had
Bottled water is less regulated, less safe, and less transparent than your tap — and the industry spent billions making sure you never found out. In this episode of AquaDiary, environmental scientist Ally breaks down the
Lead pipes and lead poisonings aren't problems we've solved. They're under streets across the country right now, and new evidence suggests the problem is significantly larger than official data ever indicated. In this ep
Syracuse, New York gets its drinking water directly from Skaneateles Lake. No filtration plant, no treatment beyond chlorination... and it has worked perfectly for 130 years. Then in 2024, the lake recorded 145 confirmed
On the night of August 21, 1986, the residents of Cameroon's Nyos valley went to sleep and never woke up. Nearly 1,700 people and thousands of livestock were found dead by morning. No signs of struggle, no visible cause.
What are toxic algae, and how dangerous are they really? In this episode of AquaDiary, Ally breaks down the health risks of harmful algal blooms (HABs), including cyanotoxins like microcystin, how exposure can affect peo
In 2014, a harmful algae bloom shut off drinking water for nearly half a million people in Toledo, Ohio. The city spent 65 million dollars responding. They've invested half a billion dollars in upgrades since. And every
Beach closures after rain aren't random. They're the result of a stormwater and sewer system that was never designed to handle what we're asking it to do — and in hundreds of American cities, including many in New York S
The water in your glass right now has existed for over four billion years. It has been part of oceans, glaciers, clouds, rivers, and yes — other living things. It is the same water, cycling endlessly. In Episode 1 of Aqu
Owasco Lake supplies drinking water to 45,000 people in central New York. In 2016, it made history, for the wrong reason. Cyanobacterial toxins were detected in the finished drinking water of a New York State public wate
Welcome to AquaDiary, where the gap between water issues and scientific reality finally gets filled in. Understanding Water, Beneath the Surface. You’ve seen the stories: water contamination scares, mysterious lake pheno
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AquaDiary: Water Mysteries, Science & News is hosted by Ally Berry. The show is categorised under science (natural) and has published 20 episodes.
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