Tag: Flooding
Slight decline in London average asking rents in October
The average asking rent for London apartments declined slightly in October, a new market snapshot shows
CMU researchers to develop models to help Michigan communities tackle extreme rainfall risks
Through a Department of Energy grant, faculty members at Central Michigan University will be researching three Michigan watersheds, modeling future risks of extreme precipitation. The research aims to enhance infrastructure […]
Growing Concerns: Prepare for winter while the weather is still agreeable
This time of year, we ride a weather roller-coaster and our gardens are starting to suffer.
Lab studying severe storms across Canada opening at Western University
Western University is launching a new national lab to study severe storms, a project made possible by a $20-million investment from a Toronto-based fund.Â
How northern Michiganders can help people affected by hurricanes | Great Lakes Now
By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with IPR and Grist, a nonprofit independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.
Hurricane Milton made landfall last week in Florida, even as communities across the southeast are still reeling from Hurricane Helene.
Effort to map bottom of Great Lakes could reveal location of hundreds of shipwrecks: “There’s a lot we don’t know” – Great Lakes Commission
The Great Lakes Observing System’s effort to map every meter of the Great Lakes’ bottom will pinpoint hundreds of underwater shipwrecks, illuminate topographical features and locate infrastructure. The map will […]
Meeting addresses Lake Erie seiche-caused flooding – Great Lakes Commission
On Oct. 17, the New York Sea Grant, the Town of Evans, New York, and the Lake Erie Watershed Protection Alliance will host an informational meeting to help shoreline property […]
Unsteady funding for conservation is made worse by competing priorities
It seems a seesaw battle between a wholistic approach of preserving habitat, and a species-by-species, individual-by-individual plan
Eight Michigan rural communities get USDA loans and grants to fix water infrastructure problems – Great Lakes Commission
Eight rural communities in Michigan are getting help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fix water infrastructure problems like sewage contamination, aging pipes, and flooding. Read the full story […]
Wisconsin officials ask the public to report algal blooms in Lake Superior | Great Lakes Now
This article was republished here with permission from Great Lakes Echo.
By Anna Barnes, Great Lakes Echo
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is banking on public oversight of the largest Great Lake to help gauge the threat of increasingly common algal blooms.