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Columbus Dispatch: Scientists say climate change is exacerbating toxic-algae problems in Lake Erie and across the country.
They say more-intense storms are dumping heavy rains onto farm fields, causing more fertilizer runoff than in the past, and that lake-water temperatures are rising, making a perfect home for the toxic blue-green algae that plague Lake Erie every summer and caused Toledo’s recent drinking-water woes.
“When you have a gentle rain, where you get maybe an inch ... over a 24-hour period, you don’t......
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Global Warming Will Make Toxic Algae Blooms Worse
Posted by Columbus Dispatch: Laura Arenschield on August 11th, 2014
Posted in Water Conservation