True color image on 16 May 2018 taken by the MODIS on the NASA Aqua satellite. A plume of sediment from the Maumee River appears in the southwest corner of the lake. Sediment from previous high flow events and strong … Continue Reading…
Tag Archives: Dissolved Phosphorus
Tom Henry, Toledo Blade ANN ARBOR — The second and final day of an algae conference here attended by many Great Lakes scientists and policy experts began with some strong accusations by Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz about the agricultural lobby’s influence … Continue Reading…
Jack Lessenberry, Michigan Radio Last week, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency announced that efforts to decrease those potentially toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie aren’t working. When I read that, let’s say I wasn’t exactly surprised. I moderated a large … Continue Reading…
NOAA Lake Erie Bulletin: 2017 Bloom Analysis The toxic algae that spread across Lake Erie this summer roughly matched its third-most severe bloom in 15 years, government researchers said Tuesday, November 7, 2017. The Microcystis cyanobacteria bloom in 2017 had a … Continue Reading…
On 6/28/17, Michigan’s DEQ & MDARD employees expressed surprise about dissolved Phosphorus impacts & advocated for the need to “study” conservation practices for future years. More taxpayer funded “study halls” should be ended now. Current Ag practices are making the phosphorus problem in Lake Erie worse, … Continue Reading…