Scientists testing new solution to fight Florida's toxic red tide

Bob Wasno, a marine biologist with the Florida Gulf Coast University, docks his boat on a beach in Bonita Springs, Florida, on August 14, 2018, where hundreds of dead fish washed up killed by red tide © Gianrigo Marletta / AFP / Getty Images

At least seven counties in Florida are under a state of emergency for a toxic algae bloom that has killed thousands of marine animals. But researchers at a lab in Sarasota say they have a machine that can fight the red tide.

The state of Florida is at war with a toxic red tide. A tide that is killing marine life along the Sunshine State's southwest coast and creating a stench.

"The smell is just a little unbearable," said one vacationer.

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