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Lake Erie's toxic green slime is getting worse with climate change

from Inside Climate News

Lake Erie's toxic green slime is getting worse with climate change Inside Climate News Harmful algal blooms are a health hazard in all 50 states. But Lake Erie, the shallowest, and therefore the warmest, of the five Great Lakes, is uniquely vulnerable to algal blooms. Like most other water bodies suffering from blooms, the lake is overloaded with nutrients, forming the perfect breeding ground for a bacteria known to poison pets, contaminate drinking water and create oxygen-deprived "dead zones" that kill aquatic life. READ MORE

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