Tag: lakes
Saving Great Lakes whitefish is a race against time
Bridge Michigan has spent the past several months chronicling the demise of the lower Great Lakes whitefish, investigating causes, consequences and potential solutions. Now, they’re teaming up with Detroit PBS […]
Why are there so many shipwrecks in the Great Lakes?
Meet a maritime archaeologist who explores the historic ships and dugout canoes that lurk beneath the surface of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Smithsonian Magazine.
The Great Lakes can be more dangerous than the ocean. Here’s why.
Waves on the Great Lakes are steeper and packed closer together, making them harder to read and faster to change. Experts say that volatility can make navigating the Great Lakes […]
‘Refusal is insisting on your own terms’: Indigenous activism in the Midwest
By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira
“Indigenous Activism in the Midwest: Refusal, Resurgence and Resisting Settler Colonialism” explores how Dakota and Anishinaabe communities in Minnesota continue their relationships to the land and challenge dominant settler narratives about ownership, belonging and identity.
The post ‘Refusal is insisting on your own terms’: Indigenous activism in the Midwest first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.
Cannabis workers are developing job-related asthma and some have died, study says
By Clara Lincolnhol
New research says workers picking, grinding and packaging cannabis are developing workplace-related asthma, and two deaths have occurred so far.
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