Levels of the toxin microcystin has been detected in Lake Erie weeks earlier than usual, according to the National Oceanic ...

NOAA has detected levels of the harmful toxin, microcystin, in Lake Erie weeks earlier than it is usually detected in routine ...

However, Lake Erie still received a significant ... is not necessarily indicative of its toxicity, NOAA researchers explained. Toxins in a large bloom, for example, may be less concentrated ...

In 2022, the annual toxic algae season ... on the river in Toledo. NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science will issue its annual comprehensive Lake Erie bloom forecast on June 29.

On June 27, a week before July 4, the NOAA and research ... in western Lake Erie this summer, causing concern that swimmers and pets might unknowingly become exposed to toxic blue-green algae ...

“About 11 million people get their drinking water from Lake Erie. So if this species is out there and it is producing toxins, that water will be drawn into a water treatment plant before it is sent ...

Paul Den Uyl, a scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research who led the recent study, extracted and ...

Lake Erie has been spotted from space turning ... and are concentrated areas of toxins. During the week of August 12, NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory measured toxins at ...

Even when toxic strains ... show how Lake Erie algal blooms in recent years generally started earlier and had longer-lasting peaks than those from earlier years. Credit: Source: NOAA “Blooms ...

The largest HABs that have been recorded in Lake Erie were ... is producing toxins, that water will be drawn into a water treatment plant before it is sent out to customers.” NOAA is currently ...

On June 27, a week before July 4, the NOAA and research partners forecast a moderate to larger-than-moderate harmful algal bloom (HAB) in western Lake Erie this summer, causing concern that swimmers ...