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Credit Mark Brush / Michigan Radio Researchers say they expect cyanobacteria blooms on Lake Erie to be smaller than average. On a scale of one-to-ten, the severity of the blooms is forecast to be a ‘three.’ The harmful algal blooms can produce a toxin that can harm the liver in people and animals. “What we're looking at fundamentally is a bloom similar last year, but I like to note is for the first time in a decade, we're actually looking at two consecutive years with a relatively mild bloom,” said Rick Stumpf, a scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Isle Royale is the least visited of our national parks, but it's also one of the most revisited. The pandemic threw a curveball at the Lake Superior island

 E-Mail Credit: © Aileen Devlin/Virginia Sea Grant. The excess carbon dioxide responsible for global warming also increases the acidity of seawater, challenging the growth and survival of oysters and other shellfish. A team led by researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science is now helping oyster growers and restoration specialists better manage their future responses to acidification in the Chesapeake Bay. The team, funded by the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program, is led by VIMS researchers Marjy Friedrichs and Emily Rivest, along with David Wrathall of Oregon State...