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Great Lakes algae threatens air quality
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Toxins from harmful algal blooms are known to pollute water, but now researchers are looking at how they harm Great Lakes air.
Algae
Old Ohio amusement park becomes new wetland restoration project
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The park will preserve local history while fighting harmful algae blooms.
Agriculture
New nutrient trapping program takes off
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A newly funded project in Ohio’s Ottawa Soil and Water Conservation District aims to reduce water nutrients and sediments that flow into Lake Erie, causing excessive growth of algae.
Algae
As toxic algal blooms impact Lake Erie, Michigan sees agriculture as main culprit
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Toxic algae blooming in Lake Erie is creating safety concerns for humans and aquatic life prompting the state of Michigan to work with farmers to reduce the phosphorus levels in field runoff.
Africa Great Lakes
Large lakes worldwide share many of the same threats
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By Ray García
Algae pollution, plastic pollution and waste run-off plague the Great Lakes here in the United States. But similar problems also threaten large bodies of freshwater worldwide. The seven African Great Lakes and Lake Baikal in Russia, two of the world’s largest systems of freshwater, also face these problems daily. During the summer, a rapid growth of algae is among the most prominent challenges in Lake Erie and Lake Michigan. These algal blooms harm the lake animals and can harm humans as well.
Algae
Monitoring algal blooms in the Great Lakes Basin
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This is how algal blooms are monitored in the Great Lakes Basin.
Nearshore
Living with algal blooms: How one Michigan town manages its water
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Like many coastal communities in the Great Lakes Basin, Monroe, Michigan, relies on water drawn directly from one of the five Great Lakes: Erie.
Water
Study: toxic algae develops faster
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The new report examining the big picture finds algae cells persisting in sediments through the winter.
Nearshore
Bowling Green State University opens algae-fighting center
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The university recently announced a $5.2 million federal grant to create the Lake Erie Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health.