For the longest time, officials in Rio did not know why. Wednesday, after the water polo pool also turned green, Rio officials claimed they had figured out the issue and that the water would be back ...

First the Olympic diving pool in Rio turned green, and that was weird. Then, on Friday, Games officials closed it to decontaminate the water. That was even weirder. Then a German diver said that the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- More pool water is turning green at the Olympics. The Olympic diving pool in Rio turned green Tuesday turning greener throughout the day. At first, Rio officials said they were not ...

The divers at the 2016 Rio Olympics were landing in pristine, well-maintained, crystal-clear blue water on Monday. Well, a lot can change in a day. During Tuesday's ...

A diving pool at the Rio Olympics turned green Tuesday when algae entered the water, stunning athletes and spectators. The water in the diving well at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Centre had been blue on ...

As the water polo and diving pools at the Olympics remain a murky shade of green, Rio officials said they’re not clear on how the “proliferation of algea” was able to grow, according to the Associated ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. But surely, the water in the swimming pools is safe, right?

RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio’s Olympic pool is certainly not slow. Nine world or Olympic records have already fallen, and fallen again, in Brazil, and the swimming competition at the Games is still only ...

The outdoor Olympic diving pool, which turned a startling shade of green Tuesday, is now closed. It reportedly smells like farts and may be causing eye itchiness among athletes. Since Tuesday, Olympic ...

British diver Tom Daley and his fellow competitors on Tuesday worried about the murky green color of the diving pool. By The Associated Press Olympic_Diving_Rio - Getty - H 2016 Green, not gold, was ...