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By Susan Bence
W51ÁÔÆæ 89.7 FM
August 3, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toxic algae is nothing new to the Great Lakes. Just think of Lake Erie and the bay of Green Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the last place many people, including scientists, expected to find the harmful stuff is in Lake Superior. That\u2019s because it\u2019s cold, deep and mostly surrounded by forest, not farm fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agriculture is a common culprit \u2014 its runoff fuels toxic algae. But sporadic blooms have appeared in Lake Superior, mostly along its southern shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This summer, a slew of scientists are converging to try to figure out why the algae is appearing in Lake Superior and to learn whether science can help control what, so far, has only been an occasional nuisance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a calm, clear morning in Ashland, Wisconsin along Lake Superior\u2019s southern shore. Water scientist Matt Hudson and a couple of his Northland College students are heading out to gather water samples on Chequamegon Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019ll sample each site six times over the summer to try to figure out what makes for a welcoming environment for toxic blue-green algae<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Hudson\u2019s tools is a long tube-like instrument, stocked with sensors. \u201cWe just lower this thing down into the water and it gives us a whole profile of the water quality from the surface to the bottom,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the west, off the shore of Cornucopia, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee researcher Todd Miller\u2019s lab is lending its toxin analysis expertise to Lake Superior researchers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller has deployed a system his students helped design, anchoring it off Meyers Beach \u2014 one of the most popular spots within the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s where National Park Service aquatic biologist Brenda LaFrancois points it out\u2026Read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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