TOLEDO, Ohio — A harmful algal bloom started developing on Lake Erie in July as temperatures climbed and phosphorous runoff and nutrient levels increased in the water. Several weeks of algae ...

TOLEDO, OH — An early harmful algae forecast is predicting a moderate bloom this summer on Lake Erie. The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) began issuing weekly early season ...

blue-green algae proliferates on Lake Erie, impacting water quality and outdoor recreation to varying degrees. Weather conditions impact the size and severity of the harmful algal bloom (HAB).

but it is a potential risk and could mean conditions similar to the 2022 bloom, which had a severity of 6.8. Lake Erie blooms of blue-green algae, also called cyanobacteria, are capable of ...

a University of Michigan aquatic ecologist and part of the team that forecast this year's bloom. "It's pretty ugly." The blooms in western Lake Erie consist of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae ...

A new study analyzing toxins produced by Microcystis, the main type of cyanobacteria that compose the annual harmful algal bloom (HAB ... the journal Harmful Algae. Lake Erie supplies drinking ...

Lake Erie would not have a bloom. It would be clear, like (Lake) Huron is.” That’s because, while the Detroit River is mostly carrying cleaner water from deeper upstream lakes, which typically don’t ...

This year's algae bloom in western Lake Erie was moderate compared to previous years. It appeared June 24, its earliest since monitoring began, and its late-summer peak covered about 660 square ...

June 27 (UPI) --A toxic algal bloom is predicted for western Lake Erie this summer ... which are commonly known as blue-green algae, and produce a liver toxin called microcystin.

This year's algae bloom in western Lake Erie was moderate compared to previous years. It appeared June 24, its earliest since monitoring began, and its late-summer peak covered about 660 square ...