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Last summer’s Lake Erie harmful algal bloom was expected to measure a severity index of 3 (one of our top posts of the year). But Mother Nature had other plans. Learn more about environmental factors that affect HABs & how the HAB turned out:
https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/2023-lake-erie-algal-bloom-more-severe-than-predicted-by-seasonal-forecast/
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