So the Nature Conservancy is encouraging farmers to plant cover crops in the offseason that absorb water and hold soil in place. And the group is working to protect forests and wetlands that filter ...
Recent data shows Lake Erie making strides in water quality and fishery health from wetland projects and efforts to reduce ...
Algae floats on the surface of Lake Erie's Maumee Bay in Oregon, Ohio, Sept. 15, 2017. The Great Lakes have endured a lot the past century, from supersized algae blobs to invasive mussels and ...
A satellite image from Aug. 13, 2024, shows an algal bloom covering approximately 320 square miles (830 square km) of Lake Erie. By Aug. 22, it had nearly doubled in size. NASA Earth Observatory ...
Quick-growing blooms of bacteria and algae have long been a hazard in lakes and rivers, because of the toxins they produce. Fueled in part by agricultural runoff, these blooms are also threatening ...
Dennis Vennekotter stands in a field of corn on his farm in northwest Ohio's Putnam County. The farm has been in his family for over a century. Putnam County’s Vennekotter Farms is more than five ...
Aquaculture—the farming of fish and other aquatic organisms—is the world's fastest-growing food production system.