Tag: lakes
Water levels across the Great Lakes are falling – just as US data centers move in
The Great Lakes region, currently struggling with drought, is now threatened by energy-hungry facilities – but some residents are fighting back. Read the full story by The Guardian.
Coast Guard to test oil spill tracking models in Straits of Mackinac
The U.S. Coast Guard is funding a new round of Great Lakes oil spill research that includes validating spill-tracking models in the Straits of Mackinac, a high-risk shipping corridor crossed […]
Grand Rapids Public Museum, John Ball Zoo among researchers awarded grant to research lake sturgeon
The Grand Rapids Public Museum and John Ball Zoo have been awarded a grant from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust to support sonar technology for the detection of adult sturgeon. […]
The Erie Canal Kickstarted the Industrial Revolution
When the Erie Canal opened, it didn’t just slash travel time and cost, it changed America’s trajectory. By linking the Great Lakes to New York City and the Atlantic Ocean, […]
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It’s been 8 months since an oil spill in Pigeon River Country State Forest. Crews are still cleaning it up
Contamination in a Cheboygan County wetland has spread, and clean up is taking longer than regulators anticipated.
