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 ...

Great Lakes scientists have discovered which bacteria causes a dangerous toxin to occur in western Lake Erie, research that ... a forecast released May 29 by NOAA. NOAA will release its seasonal ...

And if the NOAA programs that fine tune weather models for forecasting storms are cut, Buffalonians may not be able to know when or where heavy snowfall off an unfrozen Lake Erie could hit.

Lake Erie has been spotted from ... since our monitoring began in 2002," NOAA said in a July report. "While toxicity varies throughout the bloom, toxins concentrate in surface scums during calm ...

From 2012 through 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 Rick Stumpf ...

“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 ...

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 ...

You might want to look twice before plunging into Lake Erie over this long Fourth of July weekend. On June 27, a week before July 4, the NOAA and research partners ... “Harmful algal blooms can ...