Tag: Lake Erie
New wetland could show how Michigan can reduce agricultural runoff polluting Lake Erie
Each summer, Lake Erie is plagued by toxic cyanobacterial blooms fed by phosphorus runoff from farm fields. Michigan is struggling to reduce the pollution by 40%.
Everything to know about microplastics in the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement needs to be updated to address the urgent issue of microplastic pollution. Scientists suspect high levels of microplastics in the Great Lakes because they are landlocked, and closer to people, which are the main source of plastic pollution.
Michigan’s fight against Lake Erie pollution didn’t work. What happens next?
Since the 1990s, cyanobacterial blooms have become increasingly common each summer in western Lake Erie. The blooms are cause by an overabundance of nutrients, namely phosphorus, that spills into the lake off farms.
Great Lakes slightly colder than usual ahead of summer
The Great Lakes temperatures are slightly cooler than typical for this time of year. Overall climate change is causing the lake temperatures to increase.
Dunkirk buoy brings science, fishing together
A Great Lakes Observing System buoy is anchored in Lake Erie in the summer months about six miles off Dunkirk Harbor, New York. The buoy provides critical data such as […]