satellite imagery shows the scale of the impact the prolonged cold spells have had on the lake this winter. Nearby Niagara Falls, which is fed by Lake Erie, has also frozen in parts this year.

The distribution and intensity of a bloom of the toxic cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa, in western Lake Erie was characterized using a combination of satellite ocean-color imagery, field data, ...

Last year Lake Erie's peak ice-coverage occurred on January 22 at 35.7 percent. In 2023 the peak ice-coverage occurred on February 5 at 40.2 percent. Check out the satellite imagery above and you ...

A harmful algal bloom started developing on Lake Erie in July as temperatures climbed and phosphorous runoff and nutrient levels increased in the water. Several weeks of algae observations and ...

More recently, scientists say Lake Erie came close to icing entirely over in 2014 and 2015 during bitterly cold temperatures. A satellite image of Lake Erie on Feb. 18, 2025, showing nearly 95 per ...

Satellite imagery shows about 250 square miles of ice left on the eastern end of Lake Erie. The latest ice boom opening was May 3, 1971. The earliest start date was February 28, 2012.

True-color satellite image of Lake Erie used to estimate extent of harmful algal blooms for modeling. Image Source: NASA/MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) TOLEDO, Ohio (CN) — The ...

A satellite image shows snow and lake ice blanketing ... Meanwhile, ice coverage on Lake Erie spiked well above average, reaching over 80 percent in late January. The thick ice even temporarily ...

After a warmer-than-average fall, Lake Erie's water temperatures are now coming down to the freeze point, but that doesn't always mean the lake freezes right away. It is quite a fascinating ...