Tag: Lake Erie
Advocacy group challenges “new normal” status of Lake Erie’s algal blooms
It’s the annual peak algal bloom season and the spotlight as usual, is on Lake Erie’s western basin, including Toledo and southeast Michigan.
For the public, that’s because in 2014, Toledo went three days without drinking water as toxic algal blooms forced the city to issue a “do not drink” order.
Heat wave causing myriad problems for Lake Erie's ecology
The recent heat wave is taking its toll on western Lake Erie, where many fish, mayflies, quagga mussels, and other aquatic critters, including shrimp-like crustaceans known as amphipods, have suffocated to death or are at risk of dying because water near the lake bottom suddenly lost so much oxygen.
From one of the coldest June temperatures to one of the hottest July: Is Lake Erie’s rapid warm-up cause for concern?
Lake Erie has warmed rapidly over the past month, with surface water temperatures now sitting about four degrees above average for mid-July. While that swift rise is eye-catching, experts say […]
Funding for Ohio water quality initiative cut 39%. What could this mean for Lake Erie?
Ohio’s two-year operating budget was officially signed into law by Governor DeWine, solidifying a massive cut to DeWine’s own H2Ohio program, a statewide water quality initiative. The cut has resulted […]
‘Astonishing’ increase in Lake Erie surface temperature this summer, scientist says
The surface temperature in the western basin of Lake Erie is currently 26 degrees Celsius (78.8 degrees Fahrenheit), and even higher in some places. Elevated water temperature is a contributor […]