High chloride concentrations can be found in waterways throughout the Great Lakes and nearby Ontario surface and groundwaters. Runoff, the increased use of road salt, and other anthropogenic stressors have led to increases in chloride concentrations throughout the region. Ontario surface and groundwaters provide important ecosystem services and contribute to the larger Great Lakes Basin. Winter in Lake Ontario (Credit: Tony Fischer via Flickr CC BY 2.0) A 2022 report published by the Journal of Great Lakes Research compiled data from various resea ..read more

https://www.fondriest.com/news/applied-research-and-innovative-solutions-creating-chnges-at-western-kentucky-university.htm The post Applied Research and Innovative Solutions: Creating CHNGES at Western Kentucky University appeared first on Lake Scientist ..read more

Stormwater retention ponds and other small, shallow water resources are often forgotten in limnological research. For many years, scientists believed that shallower water did not stratify on a density gradient to a meaningful degree. However, due to the influx of runoff, road salt, and other pollutants, stormwater retention ponds and other shallow waters located near urban centers are disrupted and impaired. In particular, understanding small urban ponds is important to protecting various ecosystem services and urban biodiversity. Salinization, reduced water clarity, warming and eutrophication ..read more

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Research centering on phosphorous loading in Lake Erie has grown in frequency as nutrient loading in the lake and its surrounding tributaries becomes inextricably tied to environmental stressors. Nutrient pollution is tied to declines in dissolved oxygen, hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, and other conditions that influence system health. For Lake Erie, the influence of Lake Huron, the Detroit River, and other tributaries all shape loading conditions in the basin. Knowing that high nutrient loads lead to these events, the binational Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement recently revised Lake Erie’s ..read more