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'We are continuing to look for best management practices' to improve water quality
With harmful algal blooms forecast to have increased this summer in western Lake Erie, experts ... have been an issue in Lake Erie since the 1960s. The blooms, which are harmful to wildlife and humans, ... National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in July predicted that the 2013 western Lake Erie harmful ...
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Testing a new way to kill harmful algal blooms
https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/testing-new-way-kill-harmful-algal-blooms
a new technique for killing off harmful algal blooms in Ohio’s streams and lakes. The technology being ... to combat Ohio’s harmful algae will be tested in the lab, in test ponds, and in several state lakes ... blooms on entire lakes as large as Lake Erie, she said. But the technology could potentially be used to ...
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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 ... the history of this work on Lake Erie. An afternoon webinar will allow the public to participate ... at Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie. Media members should contact Ohio Sea Grant's Jill Jentes Banicki at ...
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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
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. ... coordinator and the lab's primary technician. "Research in the new lab will address Lake Erie ...
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Jay Martin to Lead Field to Faucet and Global Water Initiative
COLUMBUS, Ohio – While some would say people are the problem behind Lake Erie’s harmful algal ... and other universities across Ohio to address harmful algal blooms. WRITER(S): Suzanne Steel ... Engineering. For the past 10 years, he has focused on the Lake Erie basin, again in concert with researchers ...
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Report Shows How to Say Goodbye to Harmful Algal Blooms
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Harmful algal blooms dangerous to human health and the Lake Erie ecosystem — such ... Lake Erie Basin, where most of the dangerous algal blooms occur. Information from the study could ... a drop of this magnitude would keep algal blooms at safe levels for people and the lake. “With aggressive ...
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A better tool in the toolbox: New project will bolster Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index
Grand Lake St. Marys has lost an estimated $60-80 million in tourism due to harmful algae blooms ... . And in 2011, algae blooms covered 990 square miles of Lake Erie's surface area, the largest in ... the lake's history. Phosphorus is the pollutant most often implicated in the degradation of ...
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Cover Crops Can Improve Soil Health, Water Quality and Yields
is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes. In August, toxins from ... a bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in Toledo. “The use of cover crops and ... nutrients out of surface water including Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and Buckeye Lake will find that ...
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Updating Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index Is Generating Positive Initial Results
in the degradation of Ohio surface water and contributes to harmful algal blooms. “Our intention is ... Scioto, Grand Lake St. Marys and Western Lake Erie Basin watersheds. To date, the project has collected ... harming Ohio agricultural production.” The project includes runoff monitoring on 29 farm fields in the ...
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More Than 10,000 Ohio Farmers Have Received Water Quality Training
to the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other bodies of water in recent years. “Since we ... on the link between phosphorus, harmful algal blooms and agriculture; best management practices for ...