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  1. 'We are continuing to look for best management practices' to improve water quality

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/we-are-continuing-look-for-best-management-practices-improve-water-quality

    the potential for harmful algal blooms," he said.    "We have to balance protecting water ... With harmful algal blooms forecast to have increased this summer in western Lake Erie, experts ... both."—John C. "Jack" Fisher, executive vice president, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Algal blooms ...

  2. What does your family emergency plan look like?

    https://butler.osu.edu/news/what-does-your-family-emergency-plan-look

    kit.  Following a disaster, clean drinking water may not be available.  Your regular water source could ... account: One gallon of water per person, per day, for drinking and sanitation. Children, nursing mothers ... double. Keep at least a three day supply of water per person. It is recommended you purchase commercially ...

  3. New lab to help fight the (algae-fueled) battle of Lake Erie

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/new-lab-help-fight-the-algae-fueled-battle-lake-erie

    nuisance algal blooms, which are unattractive and may have a negative impact on tourism and water quality, ... harmful algal bloom problem is not gone, and reducing phosphorus loading is as important as ever, so being ... and to harmful algal blooms, or HABs, which can threaten the health of people and animals.  ...

  4. Landscape Faculty/Student Design Collaboration Leads to Possible Patent

    https://chadwickarboretum.osu.edu/news/landscape-facultystudent-design-collaboration-leads-possible-patent

    prototype was based on its applicability. In 2014, algal blooms shut down the water supply to 400,000 people ... a forest of trees in Lake Erie, Toledo, to reduce harmful algal blooms. Two years later that collaborative ... the vessel’s shade can also lower water temperatures, creating a less favorable environment for bloom ...

  5. Floating Aquatic Habitats

    https://chadwickarboretum.osu.edu/research-and-education/floating-aquatic-habitats

    prototype was based on its applicability. In 2014, algal blooms shut down the water supply to 400,000 people ... to float a forest of trees in Lake Erie, Toledo, to reduce harmful algal blooms. Two years later that ... the vessel’s shade can also lower water temperatures, creating a less favorable environment for bloom ...

  6. Welcome Summer Festivities with Geraniums

    https://butler.osu.edu/news/welcome-summer-festivities-geraniums

    every 2-4 weeks with an all-purpose fertilizer will keep them blooming and vigorous. Water them whenever ... the plant producing blooms instead of setting seeds. In our Midwest climate, these plants keep ... spring and blooms profusely in early summer. Known commonly as cranesbill, it does best when planted ...

  7. Great Lakes Scientist says, “If We Lose The EPA, We Lose Lake Erie”

    https://chadwickarboretum.osu.edu/news/great-lakes-scientist-says-%E2%80%9Cif-we-lose-epa-we-lose-lake-erie%E2%80%9D

    worried about, and what received the most attention: algal blooms. They are caused by an influx of ... phosphorous run-off from farms that use fertilizers and manure. Click here to read more about Lake Erie algal ... blooms. ...

  8. Steady Goes It on the Ice and Snow

    https://butler.osu.edu/news/steady-goes-it-ice-and-snow

    ·       Drink plenty of water to prevent dehydration, which can affect your balance as well as how your ... The Ohio Department of Aging gives tips on how to "Win Winter."  These tips include such ... things as dressing defensively, walking wisely, pack with power, keeping connected and honing healthy ...

  9. Caring For Your Christmas Cactus

    https://butler.osu.edu/news/caring-your-christmas-cactus

    tropical rainforest of Brazil. Most “Christmas Cactus” plants in bloom this time of the year are actually ... Thanksgiving cactus plants bloom slightly earlier in the year, they are more often available in bloom before ... Christmas. There is also a similar Easter Cactus, Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri, that blooms, you guessed it, in ...

  10. What Will We Find in Lake Erie This Summer?

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/what-will-we-find-in-lake-erie-summer

    seasonal harmful algal bloom (HAB) forecast for the Great Lakes. Led by regional and national experts, the ... presentation will feature an on-the-water field experience and expert commentary as well as a brief overview of ... research scientist at the National Center for Water Quality Research at Heidelberg University. Justin ...

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