Tag: Lake Erie
Port Burwell beach closed amid search for missing swimmer
Provincial police closed a Southwestern Ontario beach after a swimmer went missing in Lake Erie over the weekend. Emergency crews were called Sunday shortly after 3 p.m. to Port Burwell beach for a report of two swimmers in distress, Elgin OPP said. One swimmer was pulled to safety and taken to hospital with non-life threatening […]
How warm are the Great Lakes? Water temperatures ahead of Juneteenth weekend
Temperatures across Michigan are expected to hit the 90s through the weekend, warm enough to tempt people to swim in the Great Lakes. Lake Erie and Lake Huron have posted […]
Shallow-water ciscoes gone from Lake Erie for decades may come back from northeastern Pa.
Shallow-water ciscoes, a native fish species extirpated from Lake Erie in the mid-20th century, have been rediscovered in a lake in northeastern Pennsylvania. Efforts are underway to determine if the […]
Experimental forecast hopes to warn when toxins from algal blooms in Lake Erie approach
An experimental forecasting method developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could help warn of approaching toxins from algal blooms in Lake Erie.
Contamination from Erie Coke moving towards Lake Erie, DEP reports
A groundwater report made public by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection indicates contamination from the shuttered Erie Coke site is migrating toward Lake Erie. Read the full story by WJET-TV […]