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Author Archives: The Conversation

Posted inClimate, Featured, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

America’s summer of floods: What cities can learn from today’s climate crises to prepare for tomorrow’s

by The Conversation September 16, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Forever Chemicals Featured, Groundwater Contamination, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, Politics, Protect, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

How to destroy a ‘forever chemical’ – scientists are discovering ways to eliminate PFAS, but this growing global health problem isn’t going away soon

by The Conversation August 22, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Great Lakes Learning, Latest News, News, Science, Technology & Research

Improving science literacy means changing science education

by The Conversation July 12, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inCulture, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Protect, Region, Tribal Governments and First Nations, Water Quality

Living water: Northern Indigenous communities’ use and perceptions of drinking water

by The Conversation June 16, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inLatest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research, Tourism

4 unexpected places where adults can learn science

by The Conversation November 13, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inClimate, COP26, Latest News, News, Politics, Science, Technology & Research

What is COP26? Here’s how global climate negotiations work and what’s expected from the Glasgow summit

by The Conversation October 22, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inCOVID-19, Cruise Ships, Industry, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Ontario, Policy, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Waterfront Development

Family-owned fishing businesses displaced by waterfront developments on Great Lakes

by The Conversation December 11, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inCOVID-19, Industry, Latest News, New York, News, Region, Water Quality

COVID-19 has resurrected single-use plastics – are they back to stay?

by The Conversation July 21, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inCOVID-19, Latest News, New York, News, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Politics, Region, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

Shuttered Canada-US border highlights different approaches to the pandemic – and differences between the 2 countries

by The Conversation June 9, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Climate, Drinking Water, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Ohio, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Climate change threatens drinking water quality across the Great Lakes

by The Conversation April 29, 2020November 9, 2025

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    Events were canceled and people were urged to stay indoors amid warnings of health risks from the plume drifting down from Minnesota and Canada.
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    Gas turbines and an old coal plant are expected to consume nearly 7 billion gallons of water annually in service of a new Amazon data center.

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