Tag: Lake Erie
Everything to know about microplastics in the Great Lakes
Shortly after Chelsea Rochman moved to Toronto to start her current faculty job at University of Toronto, she began working with the Government of Canada to sample microplastics in fish from Lake Ontario. What she found, she said, shocked her. They found microplastics in every single fish they tested. Every single fish.
Are algal blooms becoming less severe in Lake Erie?
Although the battle to save western Lake Erie from harmful algal blooms is far from over, data suggests that conditions are slowly headed in the right direction. Read the full […]
Are algal blooms becoming less severe in Lake Erie?
Although the battle to save western Lake Erie from harmful algal blooms is far from over, data suggests that conditions are slowly headed in the right direction — or, at least, aren’t getting worse.
State: MI still struggling with causes of Lake Erie cyanobacterial blooms
A report says the state will not meet its initial target of reducing phosphorus flowing into Lake Erie by 40% this year. The main culprit: farm fertilizer runoff.
Despite U.S. research resistance, Great Lakes aims to be Silicon Valley for water
Water-based economic researchers in the Great Lakes region are seeing U.S. government resistance to funding world-changing hub for water technology.