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Efforts to Reduce Toxic Algae in Lake Erie Appear to Be Making Progress. Now They Face State and Federal Cuts

With fewer resources, researchers and advocates are still working to understand how climate change will impact their efforts to contain annual cyanobacteria blooms.

By Theo Peck-Suzuki

An aerial view of a Lake Erie harmful algal bloom in August 2019. Credit: Zachary Haslick/Aerial Associates Photography for NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

Algae from Lake Erie washes ashore at Maumee Bay State Park in Oregon, Ohio, on Aug. 3, 2014. Credit: Ty Wright/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Climate Change Contributes to Shift in Lake Erie’s Harmful Algal Blooms

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

Only Permitted Great Lakes Offshore Wind Farm Put on Hold

By Nicole Pollack

Swimmers in Lake Erie.

Cleveland Resilience Projects Could Boost Communities’ Access to Water and Green Spaces

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

Inundation and Injustice: Flooding Presents a Formidable Threat to the Great Lakes Region

By Kari Lydersen, Ensia

Girl scares seagulls to flight on Lake Erie in Ohio. Credit: John Greim/Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Federal Money Begins Flowing to Lake Erie for Projects With an Eye on Future Climate Impacts

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

An Offshore Wind Farm on Lake Erie Moves Closer to Reality, but Will It Ever Be Built?

By Nicole Pollack

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