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American, Canadian universities team up to tackle oil spill research in the Great Lakes
American and Canadian students are teaming up to prevent potential oil spills in the Great Lakes through collaborative research projects. Read the full story by the Sault Ste. Marie News.
How quickly are Michigan’s lakes cooling off? How warm the lakes are this week
Michigan is seeing less daylight each day, and we’ve already felt the chill from frost in recent days, meaning the state’s inland water and Great Lakes are quickly cooling off. […]
‘Dig in and get my hands dirty’: New book explores citizen scientists and their contributions to the Wolf-Moose Project
By Isabella Figueroa
In his new book “Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project,” Jeffery Holden turns decades of volunteer field notes and short essays into an off-trail narrative about the people who sustain one of ecology’s longest-running studies. The Wolf-Moose Project at Isle Royale National Park started with scientists from Purdue University, Durward Allen and L. David Mech, in 1958. Since then, volunteers have collected data through on-the-ground fieldwork and built a six-decade record that reveals how climate, disease and food availability shape population cycles.
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What to know about Michigan whitefish crisis, from limits to solutions
Invasive mussels that blanket the depths of lakes Huron and Michigan have pushed whitefish to the brink of extinction. What to know about possible solutions and why Lake Superior so far is spared….
Whitefish crash has Michigan fishers on the brink: âIt makes you want to cryâ
Only a few dozen commercial fishing operations remain on the Great Lakes, as invasive species have decimated the industry. Itâs a collapse unlike any in the world, and solutions are few….