DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> Contributes to Shift in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LakeErie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LakeErie</span></a>’s Harmful <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlgalBlooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlgalBlooms</span></a></p><p>Blooms over the past decade have started earlier in July and had longer peaks, according to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a> researchers.</p><p>By Kathiann M. Kowalski<br>July 26, 2024</p><p>"Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms have started sooner and had longer peak periods over the past decade compared to earlier years, newly released data shows. Warming temperatures linked to climate change are a cause, according to researchers for NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, with interactions among species likely playing a role as well.</p><p>"The NOAA scientists discussed the shift and forecast a moderate to above-moderate algal bloom for the lake’s western basin this summer during a briefing last month at Ohio State University and Ohio Sea Grant’s Stone Laboratory, off the coast of Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie. </p><p>"Algal blooms occur when <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cyanobacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyanobacteria</span></a>, or blue-green algae, grow out of control due to a combination of excess <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nutrients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nutrients</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> patterns and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecological</span></a> factors. The blooms can be a serious public health problem because some types of cyanobacteria produce toxins. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Microcystin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microcystin</span></a>, for example, can lead to skin rashes, gut problems and liver and kidney issues. Relatively high levels of it in August 2014 prompted a two-day shutdown of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toledo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toledo</span></a>’s public <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterSupply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterSupply</span></a>, which comes from Lake Erie."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26072024/lake-erie-harmful-algal-blooms-climate-change/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">insideclimatenews.org/news/260</span><span class="invisible">72024/lake-erie-harmful-algal-blooms-climate-change/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HABs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HABs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicAlgae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicAlgae</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fish</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterTemperatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterTemperatures</span></a></p>