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Lake Erie HAB Early Season Projection

graphic showing measured bloom severity from 2002 - 2023, and predicted bloom severity for 2024

NOAA’s first 2024 Lake Erie HAB Early Season Projection predicts that #LakeErie will experience a moderate to larger than moderate #HarmfulAlgalBloom this summer, with models indicating a severity between 4.5 and 7.5. 

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 True color image of Lake Erie on April 22, 2024 derived from the Copernicus Sentinel-3a satellite.