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  1. Gypsum Spread on Farms Could Help Keep Water Clean, Not Green

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/gypsum-spread-farms-could-help-keep-water-clean-not-green

    A harmful algal bloom covers parts of western Lake Erie in a satellite photo taken Aug. 1. Toledo, located ... soluble phosphorus runoff from farms is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other ... lakes in recent years. In August, for instance, a toxic bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day ...

  2. Ohio State Report Evaluates Options for Reducing Lake Erie’s Harmful Algal Blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state-report-evaluates-options-for-reducing-lake-erie%E2%80%99s-harmful-algal-blooms

    algal blooms in Lake Erie. In 2012, the United States and Canada set the goal of reducing phosphorus ... harmful algal bloom problem in Lake Erie. Ohio’s Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative (HABRI) is ... the most effective approaches to combat algal blooms. Just as your local news uses models to forecast ...

  3. Nutrient Management Field Days Set for Northwest, Western Ohio

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/nutrient-management-field-days-set-for-northwest-western-ohio

    phosphorus. In recent years, such blooms have plagued western Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and other bodies ... costs, raise profits and limit water quality threats such as harmful algal blooms. OSU Extension is the ... that affect water quality.” Harmful algal blooms, for instance, are partly caused by the runoff of ...

  4. Report Shows How to Say Goodbye to Harmful Algal Blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/report-shows-how-say-goodbye-harmful-algal-blooms

    Suzanne Steel COLUMBUS, Ohio — Harmful algal blooms dangerous to human health and the Lake Erie ... Lake Erie Basin, where most of the dangerous algal blooms occur. Information from the study could ... that a drop of this magnitude would keep algal blooms at safe levels for people and the lake. “With ...

  5. Tips and Events for the Week of July 2

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/tips-and-events-for-the-week-july-2

    will host a media briefing at which NOAA experts will announce their Lake Erie algal bloom forecast. ... Tip 1: Lake Erie algal bloom forecast: Last year’s Lake Erie algal bloom was the third-largest on ... go.osu.edu/CSxX. 12 Lake Erie Algal Bloom Forecast,  11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Stone Lab, The Ohio State University, ...

  6. Manure Science Review Slated Aug. 12: How to Maximize Crop Benefits, Minimize Water Risks

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/manure-science-review-slated-aug-12-how-maximize-crop-benefits-minimize-water-risks

    nutrient runoff is in the spotlight due to the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. ... Marys and other water bodies. The issue made headlines last summer when toxins from a western Lake Erie ... algal bloom caused a two-day water use ban in Toledo. Experts think the blooms are fueled by excess ...

  7. Tax or Subsidy? How to Reduce Lake Erie Phosphorus Sources

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/tax-or-subsidy-how-reduce-lake-erie-phosphorus-sources

    to harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie as well as in Ohio’s inland lakes including Grand Lake St. ... of harmful algal blooms, which poisoned Toledo’s drinking water in 2014 and impact the lake ... cheaper than many of the proposed measures being recommended to reduce phosphorus in Lake Erie, Sohngen ...

  8. Jay Martin to Lead Field to Faucet and Global Water Initiative

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/jay-martin-lead-field-faucet-and-global-water-initiative

    Suzanne Steel COLUMBUS, Ohio – While some would say people are the problem behind Lake Erie ... ’s harmful algal blooms, Jay Martin will tell you they’re the solution. Martin was recently chosen to lead ... Engineering. For the past 10 years, he has focused on the Lake Erie basin, again in concert with researchers ...

  9. More Fertilizer Certification Opportunities in 2018

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/more-fertilizer-certification-opportunities-in-2018

    become in Lake Erie. Warmer weather leads to warmer water temperatures, which spur the growth of algal ... practices will bring down the level of the lake’s algal blooms, LaBarge said. “It’s complicated trying to ... risk that the fertilizer runs off the land with rainwater and into nearby waters, especially Lake Erie ...

  10. Environmental Policy and Outlook Conference

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/events/environmental-policy-and-outlook-conference

    to Meet a 40% Reduction in Phosphorus Emissions in the Western Lake Erie Basin?” 11:00am- Panel: Karl ... Pathways to Sustainability 9:00am- Keynote: Gail Hesse, National Wildlife Federation: “Lake Erie: Finding ... Economic Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms " 10:10am- Professor Brent Sohngen: “ How Much Could it Cost ...

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