Tag: Lake Ontario
Everything to know about microplastics in the Great Lakes
Shortly after Chelsea Rochman moved to Toronto to start her current faculty job at University of Toronto, she began working with the Government of Canada to sample microplastics in fish from Lake Ontario. What she found, she said, shocked her. They found microplastics in every single fish they tested. Every single fish.
Ice boom pontoon raises safety concerns on Lake Ontario shoreline
Authorities are planning to retrieve a rogue section of the Niagara River ice boom that drifted onto a Niagara-on-the-Lake beach. Read the full story by Thorold Today.
Are data centers a threat to the Great Lakes?
One of the lowest income cities in Michigan has a proposed $3 billion data center as a potential lifeline — but environmentalists and locals warn of high costs to water, climate and community.
Oswego Maritime Museum Waterfront Fest celebrates new season
Toy sailboat races, singing and dancing pirates, Coastie the robot safety boat and birds of prey were just a few of the attractions that lined the dock outside Oswego, New […]
Points North: The Longest Paddle
By Ellie Katz, Interlochen Public Radio
Points North is a biweekly podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.
This episode was shared here with permission from Interlochen Public Radio.
In the summer of 2015, Traci Lynn Martin’s mom was in the final weeks of a battle with cancer.