New research from Africa's Lake Victoria has revealed critical clues about toxic algal blooms and their potential impact on Lake Erie and beyond.

The in-depth story of the Lake Erie Skydiving Disaster 1967 ... But then, the weather worsens, and a thick layer of clouds engulfs the sky. Despite the golden rule of skydiving - "don't jump ...

Only Lake Erie is completely frozen over ... instability to lift the air up into the sky and wind shear to squeeze the clouds together. We have seen plenty of lake effect snow events this January ...

To try to understand how harmful algal blooms might evolve in Lake Erie in a warming climate ... they can form clouds of green algae called cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms, or cyanoHABs.