Concerns over âextreme wind eventsâ in Lake Erie could spell problems for waterways in Northern New York.
The University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, recently released the findings of study it conducted into how these frequent wind events are affecting the quality of Lake Erieâs water. Researchers linked this occurrence to climate change and speculated that Lake Ontario also could experience this.
âResearchers here have found that more frequent âextreme winds eventsâ may be whipping up trouble for Lake Erieâs water quality and what was found in the study could have the potential to play out in other Great Lakes, such as Ontario. The new study released by the University of Guelph says those more frequent wind events are drawing up deep water containing low oxygen and high phosphorus that may harm drinking water and fish in western Lake Erie. The researchersâ paper was published in Nature Scientific Reports. It shows increase in wave power bet
More frequent wind events hurting lake water quality, researchers find
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