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Environment / Water Resources

‘Moderate’ algal bloom predicted for Lake Erie in summer 2020

ANN ARBOR—Researchers at the University of Michigan and their partners are forecasting that western Lake Erie will experience a moderate harmful algal bloom this summer. This year’s bloom is expected …

Photo of a 2011 algae bloom on Lake Erie by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon -- NASA
Water Resources

State unveils new plan for Lake Erie water quality improvement

LANSING—Michigan state government has released a draft Adaptive Management Plan that will inform decisions and guide projects outlined in the Domestic Action Plan for Lake Erie, a targeted approach for …

Photo of a 2011 algae bloom on Lake Erie by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon -- NASA
Agricultural Industry / University Research / Water Resources

New UM study: Lake Huron a crucial part of controlling toxic Lake Erie algal blooms

ANN ARBOR—A new study from the University of Michigan asserts that targets to reduce phosphorous outputs from the Detroit area to control toxic blooms of cyanobacteria in Lake Erie are …

Photo of a 2011 algae bloom on Lake Erie by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon -- NASA
Great Lakes / Pollution / Water Resources

UM report details phosphorus sources—both urban and agricultural—in Detroit River watershed

ANN ARBOR—Though the Detroit River delivers one-quarter of the phosphorus that flows into Lake Erie, there’s never been a detailed accounting of the nutrient’s urban and agricultural sources across the …

Ecology / University Research

Poisons or medicines? Cyanobacteria toxins protect tiny lake dwellers from parasites

ANN ARBOR – The cyanobacteria blooms that plague western Lake Erie each summer are both an unsightly nuisance and a potential public health hazard, producing liver toxins that can be …

University Research / Water Resources

UM research: Lake Erie algal blooms ‘seeded’ internally by cells in lake sediments

ANN ARBOR — Western Lake Erie’s annual summer algal blooms are triggered, at least in part, by cyanobacteria cells that survive the winter in lake-bottom sediments, then emerge in the …

University Research / Water Resources

UM, MSU part of effort to protect freshwater lakes from toxic algal blooms

ANN ARBOR – University of Michigan researchers are part of a new federally funded effort to understand and prevent toxic algal blooms that plague portions of the Great Lakes and …

Environment / University Research

Fishing in greener waters: Understanding the impact of harmful algal blooms on Lake Erie anglers

ANN ARBOR — A new study published by the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research at the University of Michigan provides insights into decisions that Lake Erie anglers make regarding …

University Research / Water Resources

Scientists launch pilot project to warn of potentially dangerous ‘meteotsunamis’ in Great Lakes

ANN ARBOR — Great Lakes researchers are establishing an experimental network of air-pressure sensors around lakes Michigan and Erie to see if they can detect potentially harmful “meteotsunami” waves. Funding …

University Research / Water Resources

Smaller summer algal bloom forecast for western Lake Erie

ANN ARBOR — University of Michigan researchers and their partners predict that western Lake Erie will experience a harmful algal bloom of cyanobacteria this summer that is smaller than in …

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