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What Has Lake Erie So Sick?

2014-08-04 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

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...

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Demo rides, stunts popular at Harley BikeFest in Erie

2014-07-14 06:00:51| Automakers - Topix.net

Joe Yonek already owns two Harley-Davidson motorcycles but wanted to try to a trike for his wife Sandy's sake.

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Slimy toxic algae will hit Lake Erie again this summer

2014-07-11 15:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LiveScience: This is the third year the agency has forecast the amount of toxic slime that would choke Lake Erie during the late summer. The forecast is based on models of fertilizer runoff and satellite tracking of precipitation and snowmelt. The noxious blooms occur when fertilizer runoff feeds the runaway growth of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae. The algae are harmful to marine life and to humans. Decaying cyanobacteria suck up oxygen, creating dead zones. Some kinds of algae also emit toxins that damage...

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Zebra, quagga mussels trump pollution as change agents in Lake Erie

2014-07-10 10:39:55| Chemicals - Topix.net

Researchers find that invasive species, such as zebra mussels, have affected the composition of Lake Erie's zoobenthic community more than pollution has.

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