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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationCommercial FishingLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Marine Blooms of Harmful Algae Increasing in Europe, Much of the Americas
-The study did not investigate freshwater harmful algal blooms, which are also assumed to be increasing globally because of more nutrients in lakes and rivers and warmer water temperatures.
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Algal blooms close 5 Madison-area Wisconsin beaches
-The city-county joint health department is urging swimmers to check conditions before entering the water at any beach since algae levels can change quickly.
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Algae BloomsAPClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Hundreds of lakes in U.S., Europe are losing oxygen
-The study’s authors said declining oxygen could lead to increased fish kills, algal blooms and methane emissions.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Tapped Out: Power, justice and water in the West
-On the West side of the United States, residents are seeing problems crop up in their waters. Great Lakes region residents will find those issues familiar.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsBudgetDrinking WaterFeature HomepageJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsLeadNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
H2Ohio: Agency directors focus on wetlands, farmer subsidies, replacing lead lines
-The Ohio Department of Agriculture, Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will seek $240.85 million in funding for H2Ohio projects.
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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
U of M team makes discovery about Lake Erie dead zone
-New research finds the annual dead zone in Lake Erie is getting a boost that makes it worse very quickly.
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Lake Superior Winter: Researchers belatedly turn their eyes to the impact of warming winters
-Over the past decade or so, scientists have been playing catch up when it comes to winter data, and they are discovering that winter conditions play a big role in determining what happens the following summer.
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Too few farmers are curbing pollution in Lake Erie. Should they be forced?
-As climate change complicates Lake Erie’s algae problem, scientists say farmers must do far more to reduce phosphorus runoff. But will enough farmers change their ways without a government mandate?
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Highlights of Ohio governor’s proposed 2-year spending plan
-The budget includes nearly $250 million toward efforts to clean up toxic algae in Lake Erie and $100 million to help farmers prevent nutrient runoff.
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Lifeblood: Photographer shares the Lake Erie connection uniting shoreline residents
-In the documentary photo series North of Long Tail, photographer Colin Boyd Shafer tells the stories of more than 20 residents of Lake Erie’s north shore.