While commonly associated with the summer, algal blooms can also persist into the fall. As of late October 2024, blooms were ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Research scientists who track the annual harmful algal blooms on Lake Erie have come up with a final ...

Removing nutrients from Lake Erie reduces harmful algal blooms and low-oxygen "dead zones," but may also impact food supplies ...

An essential element, and a vital nutrient for crop and plant growth, excessive phosphorus in waterways can help fuel the toxic algal blooms that have plagued Lake Erie for decades. A significant ...

And the rich, spongy humus should absorb more rain, reducing the risk of fertilizer runoff into Lake Erie. Williams hopes this and other innovative practices on his farm will make a dent in the ...

Achieving goals to lower nutrient runoff in Lake Erie, a move designed to prevent harmful algal blooms and reduce low-oxygen ...

The grants, which are aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Erie Coastal Zone, will be used toward projects that will ...

MERHAB-LGL is a multidisciplary program to develop monitoring strategies for harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and the Lake Champlain watersheds. The five US/Canadian Great Lakes contain ...

Anyone want to go for a swim or take a drink of that? Harmful Algal Bloom in Western Basin of Lake Erie: September 20, 2017 Photo Credit: Aerial Associates Photography, Inc. by Zachary Haslick ...

Nutrient-rich runoff water from fields helps fuel the infamous algal blooms in Lake Erie—as well as, for example, in the northern Gulf of Mexico and Chesapeake Bay. When the algae and ...

One of the main efforts of researchers and students is to mitigate Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms that release toxins. Researchers work to inform the public so we can better understand how to ...