Lake Erie Blooms - NASA Earth Observatory
2024年9月5日 · NOAA and its research partners had forecasted a moderate to above-moderate harmful algal bloom (HAB) in western Lake Erie this summer. Blooms are classified based on their biomass, and a moderate-severity bloom will produce noticeable areas of scum.
The primary focus of the Sunshine Lake/Sunrise Waterway Study was to ascertain the potential cause(s) of the existing and persistent algal blooms, to assess the potential factors that may have initiated and exacerbated the ongoing degradation of water quality in the system, and then to recommend appropriate
Lake Turns Green as Toxic Scum-Making Algae Bloom: 'Stay out …
L ake Erie has been spotted from space turning a lurid green as algae blooms across its surface, sparking warnings to "stay out of the water." The explosion in population of blue-green...
2024 Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom Seasonal Assessment
2024年11月13日 · Lake Erie annual peak bloom severity, 2002 to 2024. Bloom severity was slightly above the seasonal forecast issued on June 27, which predicted a SI between 4.5 and 6. Since 2002, the 2024 bloom was the earliest bloom start on record, followed by 2018 and 2023. Formation started in late June along the Michigan coast, and the bloom was fully ...
Lake Erie’s 2024 Harmful Algal Bloom Season was Longer, More …
1 天前 · November 20, 2024 Lake Erie’s 2024 Harmful Algal Bloom Season was Longer, More Severe. Port Clinton, OH — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) recently released its final 2024 harmful algal bloom season assessment for the Western Lake Erie Basin. The 2024 bloom was measured as moderately severe ( severity index of 6.6) and was more severe than the 2023.
Dramatic algal bloom turns California’s famed Clear Lake bright …
2024年5月31日 · Clear Lake, one of California’s oldest and most-visited lakes, is not so clear anymore after an algal bloom turned the water cloudy and green. Images from NASA underscore the dramatic change in...
2024年6月19日 · Blue-green algae are a type of bacteria that is common in Florida’s freshwater environments. A bloom occurs when rapid growth of algae leads to an accumulation of individual cells that discolor water and often produce floating mats that emit unpleasant odors. Blue-green algae blooms can also appear as scum, foam, or paint on the surface of ...
Widespread global increase in intense lake phytoplankton blooms …
2019年10月14日 · Here we use three decades of high-resolution Landsat 5 satellite imagery to investigate long-term trends in intense summertime near-surface phytoplankton blooms for 71 large lakes globally.
It’s Toxic Slime Time on Florida’s Lake Okeechobee - The New York Times
2023年7月9日 · Toxic algal blooms now regularly infest much of its 730-square-mile surface during the summer, producing fumes and waterborne poisons potent enough to kill pets that splash in the contaminated...
Chlorophyll a in lakes and streams of the United States (2005–2022)
2024年6月12日 · The dataset represents an 18-year record (2005–2022) of samples of phytoplankton (suspended algae) and periphyton (benthic algae) from lakes, streams, rivers, reservoirs, canals, and...