Lake Erie
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Fourth largest of the Great Lakes, it has been known for years for its high level of pollution.
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During the warm months, Lake Erie becomes an ideal setting for cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, to grow rapidly.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2025
Both are rides at Cedar Point, a Six Flags theme park on the shores of Lake Erie in Ohio.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025
A ship identifying itself as the USS Lake Erie - a guided missile cruiser - last transmitted its location in the Caribbean Sea on 30 August, east of the Panama Canal on 30 August.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025
In the case of Lake Erie and many other bodies of water, toxic algae forms due to a combination of phosphorus-rich farm runoff meeting rising water temperatures due to climate change.
From Salon • Aug. 16, 2025
The land all the way from Buxton six miles south to Lake Erie belonged to the Settlement, so the ride was gonna be sort of long.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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