National Public Radio: MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:
That pea-soup green water from Lake Erie is a familiar sight to aquatic biologist Jeffrey Reutter. He's been studying algae blooms on Lake Erie and the other Great Lakes since the early 1970s. Reutter now directs the Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory at Ohio State. Dr. Reutter, welcome to the program.
JEFFREY REUTTER: Thanks for having me.
BLOCK: And why don't you help us understand what makes Lake Erie so sick? What's behind this recent algae bloom that we've been...