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2 Great Lakes — Superior and Ontario — named the bluest lakes in the world – Great Lakes Commission
According to a color analysis of satellite imagery of lakes around the world, Lake Ontario holds the top spot for the bluest lake. Lake Superior ranks second. Read the full […]
Scientists reveal Great Lakes’ ‘most unwanted’ invaders – Great Lakes Commission
Researchers have ranked the top 10 most invasive species in the Great Lakes based on the havoc they cause in the ecosystem and their impacts on humans. Read the full […]
Activists use anniversary of Kalamazoo River oil spill to call for shutdown of Line 5 pipeline – Great Lakes Commission
Activists gathered to mark the anniversary of the 2010 oil spill near Marshall, Michigan, where a ruptured pipeline released about a million gallons of crude oil into the Kalamazoo River. […]
Avon Lake to serve as pilot area for cutting-edge water treatment process – Great Lakes Commission
Lake Erie will soon host a pioneering water treatment process, the first of its kind in the U.S., thanks to a partnership involving the Cleveland Water Alliance and a South […]
How blue-green algae blooms are threatening the Great Lakes – Great Lakes Commission
As weather patterns shift, blue-green algal blooms are appearing in areas where they wouldn’t commonly occur. Researchers from the Great Lakes Institute of Environmental Research in Windsor, Ontario, are working to […]
Deliberate sinking on Lake Ontario nets conviction | Great Lakes Echo
By Eric Freedman A Rochester, N.Y., man who deliberately abandoned and sunk his 25-foot Bayliner in Lake Ontario must pay $15,442 restitution to cover the cost of unnecessary search-and-rescue operations. Vyacheslav Migitskiy admitted lying to federal investigators about his ownership of the boat, according to court documents. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Migitskiy “intentionally sunk […]
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Forty years on, future of contaminant plume under Ann Arbor still murky | Great Lakes Echo
By Elinor Epperson Gelman Sciences LLC manufactured medical filters for decades, but that’s not the public health issue the company is known for. Dioxane from Gelman’s Scio Township plant leaked into Ann Arbor’s groundwater, creating a plume of contamination more than 4 miles long. That contamination was discovered by a University of Michigan graduate student, […]
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PFAS Roundup: EPA adds 12 more versions of PFAS to freshwater fish monitoring while federal farm bills focus on “forever chemicals” | Great Lakes Now
On Thursday, July 11, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated recommendations under the Clean Water Act, adding twelve versions of PFAS to the contaminant list along with amphetamine, three cyanotoxins, a flame retardant, and lead. The EPA noted that these are all pollutants that states, territories, and Tribes are recommended to monitor in local freshwater fish.
Making up for lost trees | Great Lakes Now
The rain started more than an hour before we arrived at an acre of marginal farmland that’s wedged between a house on a nearby hill and Sharon Creek. A tributary of the Thames River, Sharon Creek is a waterway that wends 170 miles through southwestern Ontario before emptying into Lake.
Green infrastructure job trainings aim to support growing field | Great Lakes Echo
By Elinor Epperson As more green infrastructure projects are installed across the state, more workers are needed to maintain them. Friends of the Rouge, a Detroit-area nonprofit that manages the River Rouge watershed, is offering a short course about maintaining green infrastructure like rain gardens. The course is an opportunity for workers to expand their […]
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