Lake Okeechobee (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Lake Okeechobee

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Ho, Michalak, and Pahlevan's study of algal blooms in lakes over a 30-year period found that Florida's Lake Okeechobee deteriorated. Toxic algal blooms resulted in states of emergency being declared in Florida in 2016 and 2018.

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NASA Earth Observatory image made by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey.

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