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  1. Using nanobubbles to kill harmful algal blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/newsletter/may-june-2023/cfaes-impact-may-june-2023/using-nanobubbles-kill-harmful-algal-blooms

    CFAES researchers are testing a new method to kill harmful algal blooms—using ozone nanobubbles. ... St. Marys, Ohio—both of which have a history of severe algal blooms—are promising. The technology ... the water, the ozone can kill unwanted algae, destroy toxins, and boost oxygen levels, said Heather ...

  2. NOAA Lake Erie Algal Bloom Projection

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-14/noaa-lake-erie-algal-bloom-projection

    predict the severity of harmful algal blooms in western Lake Erie. The first projection is as follows: The ... severity of the western Lake Erie cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom (HAB) is dependent on ... University’s National Center for Water Quality Research and the western Lake Erie bloom severity models by ...

  3. Panel to Discuss Manure Storage Options, Benefits to Farms and Water

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/panel-discuss-manure-storage-options-benefits-farms-and-water

    a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes and streams. Lake Erie will again ... have a significant harmful algal bloom this summer, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ... a panel organizer and nutrient management specialist with the Wayne Soil and Water Conservation District. ...

  4. New Midwest Cover Crops Guide Available to Help Growers Improve Water Quality, Soil Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/new-midwest-cover-crops-guide-available-help-growers-improve-water-quality-soil

    recent years. In August, a toxic bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in ... Guide that can help growers learn how to improve the state’s water quality while improving soil health, ... runoff from farms is an important cause of harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes in ...

  5. Good news: Ohio’s soil phosphorus levels are trending down

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/good-news-ohio%E2%80%99s-soil-phosphorus-levels-trending-down

    (go.osu.edu/Bawz). Phosphorus runoff from farm fields is one of the causes of the harmful algal blooms plaguing ... which came through the college’s Field to Faucet initiative, represent good news for Ohioans concerned ... about protecting surface water quality while maintaining agricultural production, said CFAES scientists ...

  6. Learn About World’s Largest Water Quality Trading Program

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/learn-about-world%E2%80%99s-largest-water-quality-trading-program

    bodies can help reduce or prevent algal blooms and low-oxygen “dead zones.” Both the Ohio River and Lake ... Erie suffered record-setting algal blooms last summer. Speaking at the event will be: Jessica Fox, ... Water Quality Trading Program” is from 7:15 to 9:40 a.m. Feb. 23 in the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau ...

  7. More Than 10,000 Ohio Farmers Have Received Water Quality Training

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/more-10000-ohio-farmers-have-received-water-quality-training

    farms is a contributor to the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other bodies of water in ... on the link between phosphorus, harmful algal blooms and agriculture; best management practices for ... in the problem and how they can help improve water quality through the techniques and practices we ...

  8. Study: Spreading gypsum on farms can help keep water clean, not green

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2014/study-spreading-gypsum-farms-can-help-keep

    of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes. Gypsum, when spread on a farm field, ... not just as a booster of crops but also a protector of water. OARDC scientist Warren Dick is two years ... average 55-percent reduction in soluble phosphorus runoff, based on tests of water samples collected from ...

  9. Cover Crops Can Improve Soil Health, Water Quality and Yields

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/cover-crops-can-improve-soil-health-water-quality-and-yields

    other lakes. In August, toxins from a bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in ... say phosphorus runoff from farmland is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and ... “Farmers wanting to keep nutrients out of surface water including Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and ...

  10. Coal Plant Byproduct, If Spread on Farms, Could Fight Lake Erie Algae

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/coal-plant-byproduct-if-spread-farms-could-fight-lake-erie-algae

    toxic  algal blooms  that have plagued Lake Erie and other water bodies, such as western Ohio’s Grand ... Dick explains how gypsum keeps soluble phosphorus from running off soils and getting into water. “But ... coal-burning power plants, if spread on farmers’ fields, could help control Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms ...

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