What can ancient sediments tell us about Lake Erie?
Great Lakes Scuttlebutt: Beverly Saylor, a professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed her Ohio Sea Grant project to study Lake Erie’s sediment layers. Her team aims to understand how sediments accumulate and erode, providing insights into low-oxygen zones and harmful algal blooms. Saylor highlighted the impact of storm events on sediment erosion.
