A West Virginia University researcher is working to understand and estimate environmental cleanup costs associated with ...

An illustration shows how runoff from river basins leads to hypoxic "dead zones" in the Gulf of Mexico ... it would raise the runoff to other bodies of water such as Lake Erie and the Chesapeake Bay 4 ...

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 ...

Seasonal and interannual effects of hypoxia on fish habitat quality in central Lake Erie. Freshwater Biology ... Rosenberg, R. Spreading dead zones and consequences for marine ecosystems.

CLEVELAND (WJW) – With the arctic blast at the end of January, the ice coverage on Lake Erie went from nearly 30% to over 80% in just four days. Now, Lake Erie ice coverage is at 91%.

As winter continues in Northeast Ohio, the beauty of Lake Erie's icy shore is continuing to attract all sorts of creatures.

MENTOR, Ohio (WJW) — As winter marches on in Northeast Ohio, the beauty of Lake Erie’s icy shore is continuing to attract all sorts of creatures. PHOTOS: SUV pulled from icy Lake County pond ...

He noted that, due to their intolerance to cold winters such as the one Lake Erie is currently experiencing, a lot of dead alewife and gizzard shad could wash ashore this spring. However ...