Ice Boaters Take to Frozen Lake Erie (Video)
Ice on the Great Lakes is at its highest levels in 20 years, aided by a polar vortex and what many scientists are calling the first real winter in decades.[…]
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Research Summary: Lake Ontario Phosphorus Loading
Tributary phosphorus (P) loading was estimated for 145 Canadian and American streams entering Lake Ontario and was compared with historical P loads of the Niagara River. The 145 Lake Ontario[…]
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White Lake: A Timeline of Its Turnaround
White Lake was placed on the Great Lakes Areas of Concern list in 1985 after organic solvents were found leaching in. Its water quality was impacted by contaminated sediment, high[…]
Research Summary: Lake Erie’s Ecological History as Recorded by Phytoplankton
Lake Erie’s water quality has fluctuated since European settlement due to cultural eutrophication and the effects of invasive species. Our attempts to understand the cause-and-effect linkages between observed ecosystem changes[…]
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