University of Michigan researchers said they have identified the specific cyanobacteria responsible for harmful algal blooms ...

Across nearly all models, particulate organic nitrogen (PON) emerged as the single most influential feature, consistently ...

With Western Lake Erie harmful algal bloom observations through May 21, predict a potential bloom severity range of 2.5-4.5 ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts a bloom severity range for Lake Erie of two to 4.5 on a scale of one to 10, similar to the last three years.

Satellite imagery shows about 250 square miles of ice left on the eastern end of Lake Erie. The latest ice boom opening was May 3, 1971. The earliest start date was February 28, 2012.

Lake Erie walleye are among top focus for anglers who fish Lake Erie from the New York state shoreline — anglers who fish for all species in Lake Erie are looking forward to the NYSDEC update report ...

satellite imagery shows the scale of the impact the prolonged cold spells have had on the lake this winter. Nearby Niagara Falls, which is fed by Lake Erie, has also frozen in parts this year.

So much so that Lake Erie reached its winter peak for this season for ice coverage. Roughly 95 per cent of the lake was covered in ice on Feb. 18, according to satellite data released by the ...

More recently, scientists say Lake Erie came close to icing entirely over in 2014 and 2015 during bitterly cold temperatures. A satellite image of Lake Erie on Feb. 18, 2025, showing nearly 95 per ...

More recently, scientists say Lake Erie came close to icing entirely over in 2014 and 2015 during bitterly cold temperatures. A satellite image of Lake Erie on Feb. 18, 2025, showing nearly 95 per ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Lake Erie, the shallowest of the five Great Lakes, last froze over in 1996. With ice covering more than 95% of the lake on Thursday, and continued winter weather in the forecast, could ...