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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicDrinking WaterFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsBook chronicles human, water connection from nomadic to modern times
-The journey of modern man began 10,000 years ago and “the distribution of water defined its starting point.”
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AuthorsClimate ChangeDetroitGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLake ErieLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience Says WhatScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekTorontoScience Says What? Climate change, deluges and snow days
-In this new feature, see what scientists are learning about the impacts of climate change on the region – and what can be done to mitigate them.
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Alex HillAuthorsBuffaloFeature HomepageLake ErieLake MichiganLake OntarioLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchMapping the Great Lakes: Snowfall in the snowbelt
-Another environmental oddity of the Great Lakes region is the existence of snowbelts or large areas impacted by lake effect snow.
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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicClimate ChangeFeature HomepageForests and PlantsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorMinnesotaNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchNibi Chronicles: “The trees of our homeland”
-The Ojibwe word for the paper birch is wiigwaasi-mitig — or Nimishoomis wiigwaas — Grandfather Birch.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIllinoisLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: ‘Forever chemicals’ in Lake Michigan
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
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AuthorsDrinking WaterFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsPFASWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin
PFAS News Roundup: New requirements taking effect in 2023 to protect consumers from ‘forever chemicals’
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
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AuthorsBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeI Speak for the FishLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchTourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsI Speak for the Fish: And the survey says…
-Doom and gloom coverage of the Great Lakes’ underwater realm has unfairly skewed the public’s perception.
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AuthorsChicagoEnergy News RoundupFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioOntarioWisconsinEnergy News Roundup: Community programs to provide solar for low-income residents in Illinois, Ohio
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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AuthorsDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsRegionScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Moment: The great blue herons of Stony Island
-It can be quite unsettling to hear the unexpected “frahnk frahnk” of a startled great blue heron who just had its fishing expedition disrupted.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioPFASPFAS News RoundupPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin
PFAS News Roundup: 3M says it will stop making ‘forever chemicals’ by 2025, but global problem remains
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
