Technology on the horizon will allow researchers to track harmful algal blooms and measure their toxicity in real time.

Although buoys collect and relay data largely on their own, they require a team to deploy. Covid slowed them down.

Hypoxic conditions could pose a threat to the yellow perch population in Lake Erie, the largest commercial fishery.

Algal blooms showed up unexpectedly in Lake Superior. Researchers pieced together their cause and are on the lookout for future blooms.