Every summer algae blooms destroying Lake Erie as it goes. In 2011 lake Erie's algae covered a sixth of the waters. The more rain we intake that year leads to how much algae there is. In the 1960’s relentless dumping of sewage was experienced and that's when lake Erie earned the name “North America's dead sea” ( MICHAEL WINES) Climate change is a big problem with algae. The more wet and warm days you have the more algae you have. Runoff pollution is one cause that needs to be solved for helping Lake Erie. Runoff pollution is pollution that runs of fields when it rains,That pollution ends up in our streams and rivers that eventually end up in lake erie Our water is not the only thing in danger so are all of our fish and living things in Lake
