Author: Goderich Signal Star
How many cigarette butts are littering your local beach?
Visitors sometimes leave stuff behind at Great Lakes beaches. One of the most common pieces of plastic trash found are cigarette butts. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio.
Lake Superior girl’s message in a bottle washes ashore in North Carolina — returns home 20 years later
More than 20 years ago, a young girl in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula tossed a message in a bottle into AuTrain Bay on Lake Superior, never expecting to see it again. […]
Two historic lighthouses in Duluth could be open for tours in the next few years
Two lighthouses have helped guide ships into the canal and under the Aerial Lift Bridge into Duluth-Superior Harbor for over a century, and both lighthouses may soon be open to […]
Data centers will tax Great Lakes water resources, report warns
Demand for water in Great Lakes states is likely to spike from data centers, mining and other uses. Officials should take a more proactive management approach to stave off shortages, […]
Great Lakes microplastics research could inform national and global policy
As experts gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, this month to negotiate an enforceable global plastic pollution treaty, scientists studying the Great Lakes continued their research that could pinpoint how microplastics impact […]