Lake Erie, had something concerning. In August 2024, NASA’s Landsat-9 satellite captured a huge, bright green algae bloom spreading across part of Lake Erie. This bloom covered nearly 320 square ...

Scientists expect 'significant' algae bloom on Lake Erie Algal blooms are caused when algae grows quickly in water systems from excess nutrient runoff, like phosphorus or nitrogen from fertilizer.

Languages: English. There are some alarming parallels between the harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Kenya's Lake Victoria and those in Lake Erie, a new study has found. By studying the Winam Gulf ...

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 ...

Research on Kenya's Lake Victoria's Winam Gulf, a potential model for Lake Erie, reveals year-round harmful algal blooms dominated by cyanobacteria like Dolichospermum, Microcystis, and Planktothrix.

What is red tide? Deadly Florida bloom has killed 800 tons of fish along the Gulf Coast Toxic algal blooms could decimate wildlife and cost beachfront companies millions of dollars. Ohio residents ...

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 ...

To try to understand how harmful algal blooms might evolve in Lake Erie in a warming climate, University of Michigan scientists helped conduct a survey of cyanobacteria in a gulf of Kenya's Lake ...