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

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

National Center for Coastal Ocean Science issued its first Western Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) forecast on May 8.

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

According to Stumpf, NOAA puts out an early algal bloom ... prompted algal bloom bulletins as early as May. The toxic bloom in Lake Erie shut down drinking water access to the Ohio city.

While the eastern end of Lake Erie has not historically ... the authority is given less warning about toxins headed its way, she said. About 19 of the 40 NOAA employees who work on Great Lakes ...

The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals 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 ... 2023, Lake Erie's algal blooms have generally started in July, compared to the previous decade when blooms usually kicked in during August, said NOAA oceanographer ...

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 ...