Lake Erie Algae and Ice Make a Nice Mix in Winter
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 18:00
in Earth & Climate
Clarkson University Prof Michael Twiss & colleagues have studied Lake Erie over the past five winters during mid-winter, a time when the lake is more than 70 percent covered by ice. They've documented very high concentrations of algae thriving in the water below the ice -- even in the ice itself.