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- — August 19, 2014
Climate Change Spurring Toxic Algal Blooms In Great Lakes

The impacts of climate change to the Great Lakes are expected to be broad and far-reaching, affecting heat waves, crop production and air quality in the region. Harmful algal blooms,[…]

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- — December 10, 2013
Higher Levels A Catch-22 for Lake Okeechobee

Runoff from agriculture and other sources has affected Lake Okeechobee’s water quality, just like other lakes in the United States. But the largest lake in the U.S. Southeast has a[…]

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- — June 30, 2011
California coalition seeks suit over water pollution

The California Westlands Water District has long been the battleground for environmentalists and corporate farmers. Recently, a team of environmental and sport fishing organizations banded together to express their desire[…]

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- — March 24, 2011
Phosphorous mars Lake Whatcom water quality

A recently released Lake Whatcom Monitoring Program annual report highlights the lake’s water quality problems. In 2010, dissolved oxygen levels were lower and phosphorous levels higher than the worst conditions[…]

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