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23 cze 2024 · Clear lakes with low algae and other organic material are often blue in color, while lakes with high nutrient levels and algae appear green. Additionally, lakes surrounded by heavily forested watersheds, wetlands, or bogs may take on a brownish hue.
31 sty 2018 · But in the past 20 years, Lake Michigan has undergone a dramatic transformation. In analyzing satellite images between 1998 and 2012, researchers at the Michigan Tech Research Institute were...
13 paź 2011 · The blue in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron is sediment brought to the surface when strong winds churned the lakes. The green in Lake Erie and in Lake Huron’s Saginaw Bay is algae, which builds on the surface when winds are calm.
18 paź 2019 · Over the last two decades, their research found Lake Michigan has actually transformed in color from green to blue as invasive mussel species have caused a massive decrease in the amount of...
12 paź 2017 · Lake Superior is cold, deep and clear. But it’s no longer the clearest of the Great Lakes. Lakes Michigan and Huron have gotten clearer, bumping Lake Superior to number three. Scientists have been able to figure how much clearer by using satellite imagery.
21 paź 2024 · Clearer, bluer water is a sign that something is removing phytoplankton, which includes a form of green algae. Green algae is what had previously made the water greener and murkier, and responsibility for this bluer water goes to Zebra and Quagga mussels.
14 cze 2024 · Colors with longer wavelengths, like green and red, are absorbed first. Blue light is shorter. “In open water, the blue light is the least absorbed,” Cuhel explained.
