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Dayton Daily News Misses Climate Change Connection In Toxic Algae Blooms
2013-04-05 21:36:57| Agriculture - Topix.net
Although the Dayton Daily News accurately reported on the agricultural industry's effect on dangerous algae blooms in Lake Erie, it failed to identify climate change as a crucial factor in creating ideal conditions for the algae growth in its original reporting.
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Warming May Mean More Toxic Algae Blooms for Lake Erie
2013-04-01 23:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie could come more often and be more intense in coming decades thanks in part to torrential rains intensified by global warming, according to a study published in Monday's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Heavy runoff from farmland, say the authors, can carry nutrient-rich fertilizer into the western part of the lake, triggering a population explosion of blue-green algae that pump poisons while they live and can rob the water of oxygen when they die...
Harmful algae blooms increase as water warms in the world's major lakes
2013-01-08 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The warming waters of one of central Europe's most popular holiday destinations, Switzerland's Lake Zurich, have created an ideal environment for a population explosion of algae including Planktothrix rubescens, a toxic cyanobacterium. It has the potential to harm humans, animals and the tourism that pumps up the economies of lake districts. Although harmful algal blooms have been documented for more than a century, recently the number and frequency of cases have drastically increased. According...
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