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  1. New Study Will Track Ways to Cut Runoff from Elevated Phosphorus Fields

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/new-study-will-track-ways-cut-runoff-elevated-phosphorus-fields

    it by the year 2025. Experts think that such a reduction will keep the lake’s blooms at safe levels. ... contributing to Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms. That’s the premise of a new five-year, $5 million study that ... a significant driver of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie. The blooms are sometimes toxic, are often ...

  2. CFAES Research Conference Will Focus on Water Quality

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/cfaes-research-conference-will-focus-water-quality

    fertilizer and manure runoff is one of the causes of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other ... water bodies in recent years. The blooms have hurt tourism, recreation, real-estate values and aquatic ... life, and sometimes they produce toxins that make water unsafe to drink, as happened in Toledo for ...

  3. More Fertilizer Certification Opportunities in 2018

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/more-fertilizer-certification-opportunities-2018

    algal blooms, LaBarge said. “It’s complicated trying to understand how improving the water leaving ... application determines how extensive the algal blooms become in Lake Erie. Warmer weather leads to warmer ... water temperatures, which spur the growth of algal blooms. Heavy rainfall means more opportunities for ...

  4. State of the Science Conference

    https://agnr.osu.edu/events/state-science-conference

    scientific knowledge about algal blooms: model predictions, updated best management practices, and water ... management practices monitoring and tracking algal blooms in Lake Erie water treatment methods to reduce ... Understanding Algal Blooms: State of the Science 2017 This conference will highlight current ...

  5. '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 ...

  6. Source Water Protection webinar

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/events/source-water-protection-webinar

    We all deserve to have safe clean drinking water that we can trust. In order to do that, we need ... Kansas is working to protect drinking water through improved soil health, and hear how extension is ... as we focus on this important topic. We will hear about the Source Water Collaborative, learn how ...

  7. Harmful Algal Blooms

    https://agnr.osu.edu/programs/natural-resources-environmental/nutrient-stewardship-cleaner-water/harmful-algal-blooms

    What are harmful algae blooms? Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are so named because they can produce ... zebra/quagga mussels For more details on Harmful Algal Blooms in Ohio see: Ohio Sea Grant HAB Q&A HAB in ... nitrogen from the atmosphere.  Most blooms in Lake Erie and GLSM are types of cyanobacteria that cannot fix ...

  8. ANROP Study Tour

    https://agnr.osu.edu/events/anrop-study-tour

    some of which include harmful algal blooms. Learn about Lake Erie’s aquatic life, water quality, and ... Lunch 12:00 pm Harmful Algal Blooms 1:00 pm Science Cruise 2:30 pm Water Quality Lab 3:00 pm Aquatic ... outreach facility that offers courses and opportunities for research on a variety of water quality topics, ...

  9. 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.  ...

  10. Join us for the 2019 Study Tour of Stone Laboratory

    https://agnr.osu.edu/studytour

    some of which include harmful algal blooms. Learn about Lake Erie’s aquatic life, water quality, and ... Lunch 12:00 pm Harmful Algal Blooms 1:00 pm Science Cruise 2:30 pm Water Quality Lab 3:00 pm Aquatic ... outreach facility that offers courses and opportunities for research on a variety of water quality topics, ...

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