Tag: invasive
Heat waves and cold snaps: Study finds the Great Lakes have entered an era of extremes
The Great Lakes, like the rest of the world, are dealing with a phenomenon of global heating caused mostly by fossil fuel emissions. In an innovative new study from the University of Michigan, the data reveals it’s not just rising average temperatures we need to worry about. Looking back at lake surface temperatures (LST) over forty years, researchers found the Great Lakes have entered a new era of temperature extremes.
Scholten touts $2.1 million grant to design lamprey barrier for Grand Rapids
As the city moves forward on plans to alter dams to restore rapids downtown, a new barrier could stop sea lamprey from spawning upstream.
I Speak for the Fish: Swiping right on native fish
I Speak for the Fish is a column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor Kathy Johnson. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS. Check out her previous columns.
There’s a fish project in Northern Michigan that is exciting researchers from around the world.
Trail Talk: Butterflies, blazing heat and new Maitland Trail extension
From knapweed to purple coneflower, a surprising range of plants is keeping local butterflies well-fed along the Maitland Trail.
The Pink Prairie Mascot
In 2014, a group of botanists discovered that a very rare plant native to the Kankakee River in Illinois, had vanished from its only known native habitat in the world. That set off a quest to bring back the missing Midwestern flower.