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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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Lake Erie is second-most threatened of Great Lakes

2013-01-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Lake Erie is one of the most threatened of the five Great Lakes as a result of toxic blue-green algae and invasive species of fish, mussels and plants, according to a new report. The Great Lakes Environmental Assessment and Mapping Project concluded that Lake Erie was the second-most threatened of the lakes, behind Lake Ontario. Researchers with the assessment project spent more than three years collecting data on 34 lake "stressors" - including invasive species, climate change and pollution,...

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