When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

Both projects—Ontario Place and Highway 413—threaten the ecological health of the Great Lakes and surrounding ecosystems. An ...

The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...

Bradford will get a flow of support from the Ontario government to help save the Holland Marsh and Lake Simcoe.

Based on a report from deputy chief administrative officer Mahesh Ramdeo, council endorsed a non-binding initial agreement with the provincial Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks to see ...

The vast majority of the water flowing into the St. Lucie Estuary is from local communities — not Lake Okeechobee.' ...

When populations of tiny aquatic organisms called cyanobacteria (formerly known as blue-green algae) explode, their toxic ...

Algae blooms are a problem in many communities around Florida, especially in Clay County. The county’s water management team ...

At this time of year, Fernan Lake ... critical nutrient for algae growth. But, when you have too much of it in an system, the toxic cyanobacteria that causes these blooms you hear about, they ...

There is an urgent societal need to retard the growth of harmful algae blooms that cause fish kills with disastrous consequences for our tourism economy, and to reduce the risk of liver cancer ...