oxygen is essential for life and so hypoxic bottom water regions are often referred to as "dead zones." Hypoxia is bad news for lake whitefish that prefer the cold bottom water of Lake Erie ...

create oxygen-starved dead zones that kill marine life, spoil swimming, boating and tourism and endanger human health. Western Lake Erie is an ideal environment for the bacteria to thrive ...

As the colder months approach and Erie prepares for the winter season, the water levels in Lake Eriee are still dropping as projected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In September, the water ...

Walleye can live 20 years and occasionally longer in Lake Erie, which indicates how long the impact of a single strong hatch can endure.

The fireball's trajectory was from west to east over Lake Erie. More:Orionids meteor shower hits peak activity this weekend: When and where to watch Numerous photos and videos captured the bright ...

The group of people searching Presque Isle State Park's beaches on Wednesday were looking for sand erosion, not the Lake Erie alligator. The alleged alligator was first spotted Aug. 4 in the ...

By monitring upstream watersheds, Michigan expects to give farmers a better idea of where farm runoff is transporting ...

OREGON, Ohio — On a warm late-summer evening, a small speedboat motored across a pea-green stretch of Lake Erie past a beach ... create oxygen-starved dead zones that kill marine life, spoil ...

Western Lake Erie is an ideal environment for the bacteria to thrive: It’s about 30 feet deep, the shallowest part of the shallowest Great Lake, and it heats up faster when temperatures are warm.