Lake Erie more than 90% ice covered, but winds pose hazard for fishermen
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Lake Erie is more than 90% covered with ice – at least as of Tuesday – but that doesn’t mean it’s safe to ...
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Lake Erie Is Glowing Like an Emerald! Nasa Captured the Massive Toxic Algal Bloom Across Lake
These types of blooms were not new in Lake Erie, as they occurred every summer ... These chemicals often come from fertilizers used in farming and polluted rivers. While a small amount of these ...
Ice coverage on Lake Erie is above historical average. How frozen over is the lake?
The National Weather Service reports that Lake Erie is roughly 70% frozen over. Ice thickness varies between 2 and 12 inches ...
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Too Few Farmers are Curbing Pollution in Lake Erie. Should They be Forced?
Most, including Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, shy away from regulation in favor of promoting programs that pay farmers to voluntarily rein in pollution. Ontario’s plan for Lake Erie also emphasizes ...
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Campbell Soup sued over E. coli and phosphorus pollution in Lake Erie
which feeds into Lake Erie. This includes high levels of E. coli, phosphorus and grease, which the agency warns could threaten human health, plants and wildlife. A statement from Campbell said the ...
Examining the economic impacts of aquatic dead zones
A West Virginia University researcher is working to understand and estimate environmental cleanup costs associated with agricultural runoff that causes polluted "dead zones" in downstream coastal ...
The Great Lakes have long faced pollution threats. The latest might be the most insidious.
When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...
Lima students learn from biologist
A biologist specializing in the preservation of Lake Erie gave students from Lima schools a crash course Tuesday on the history of pollution and conservation efforts at Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga ...
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'Ripples of Plastic' Documentary, an Examination of Lake Erie's Plastic Pollution Problem, Comes to the Capitol
All of which, due to erosion, may turn into microplastics, the bane of the particle pollution world. Pretty much impossible to filter out of Lake Erie, microplastics can increase levels of certain ...
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Hot Topic: Wind Turbines on Lake Erie
Erie County Legislators Dixon and Mills propose ... in contrast to the harm from lake pollution, habitat loss and climate change caused by fossil fuels. What: Members of the Sierra Club, organized ...
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The Great Lakes have long faced pollution threats. The latest might be the most insidious.
The Great Lakes have a long history of pollution and efforts to combat it. The state of Lake Erie was dire enough to attract the attention of Dr. Seuss in a since-removed line from “The Lorax ...