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  1. Oct. 14: How to Stop Algal Blooms, Keep Drinking Water Safe

    https://senr.osu.edu/news/oct-14-how-stop-algal-blooms-keep-drinking-water-safe

    for her work with farmers to reduce nutrient runoff into Lake Erie. The second panel will focus on ... a bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in Toledo.   The event’s first panel will ... farmland is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes. In August, toxins from ...

  2. Study: Most Farmers Willing to Take More Steps to Improve Water Quality

    https://senr.osu.edu/news/study-most-farmers-willing-take-more-steps-improve-water-quality

    into Lake Erie are willing to take at least one additional action to reduce nutrient loss on their farm ... operate farms farther away from Lake Erie, she said.   “In talking with these farmers, the focus needs to ... said, are willing to adopt a new conservation practice if they believe that nutrient loss from their ...

  3. Faculty quoted in The Christian Science Monitor

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    efforts to understand and address Lake Erie water quality.  Dr. Wilson’s research on farmer decision ... runoff and recycle those nutrients back to agriculture. The experiment near Lake Erie in Defiance Ohio is ... "Wanted: Innovative farmers to help slow algal bloom on Lake Erie"  discusses farmer and scientific ...

  4. Ohio State Researcher to Re-write Ohio’s Phosphorus Index to Improve Water Quality

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohio-state-researcher-re-write-ohio%E2%80%99s-phosphorus-index-improve-water-quality

    tourism due to harmful algae blooms. And in 2011, algae blooms covered 990 square miles of Lake Erie ... phosphorus.  Because the Ohio P Risk Index is used by farmers statewide in developing nutrient management plans ... productivity and protecting surface water quality.”       The research will focus on, but is not limited to, ...

  5. Liz Berg's Graduate Exit Seminar

    https://senr.osu.edu/events/liz-bergs-graduate-exit-seminar

    Lake Erie basin had an effect on nutrient concentrations, macroinvertebrate communities, and amphibian ... Concentrations, Macroinvertebrate Communities, and Amphibian Populations in Lake Erie Coastal Wetlands  Thursday, December 13th at ... 10:30AM in Heffner Building 128. Abstract: Historically, coastal wetlands along the western Lake Erie ...

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

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

    may be at higher risk of contributing to Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms. That’s the premise of a new ... 2023. LAKE ERIE ALGAL BLOOMS Phosphorus, a nutrient, is needed for crops to grow. It’s an important part ... farm fields is a significant driver of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie. The blooms are ...

  7. New Research to Examine Connections Between Land Use, Public Policy, Lake Erie Water Quality and Climate Change

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-research-examine-connections-between-land-use-public-policy-lake-erie-water-quality

    examine how people’s actions in the watershed affect water quality in Lake Erie. Researchers from six ... impact water quality in Lake Erie, how public perception of the health of the lake may influence those ... watershed and the health of Lake Erie. Over the course of the four-year project, Ohio Sea Grant will ...

  8. 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

    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 ... Agriculture  is funding the study, which started in September and will run through summer 2023. Lake Erie ...

  9. More 2023 News

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    change affect ice coverage on Lake Erie- Spectrum News (Chris Winslow and others from Stone Lab) July ... toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie- Statehouse News Bureau (Chris Winslow) Ohio State Professor Rattan Lal ... Western Lake Erie Basin?- Knowledge Exchange (Robyn Wilson) March 2023 Climate change challenges Ohio ...

  10. Ohio State University Researchers Working with Farmers to Protect Ohio Water Quality, Lessen Algal Blooms

    https://senr.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-university-researchers-working-farmers-protect-ohio-water-quality-lessen-algal

    harmful algal bloom forecast to increase this summer in western Lake Erie, experts with Ohio State ... potential for harmful algal blooms,” he said.    Algal blooms have been an issue in Lake Erie since the ... management practices implemented by farmers, but within the last decade water quality monitoring has revealed ...

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