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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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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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[…]
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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