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Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Featured, History and Culture, Lake Erie, Latest News, News

The history of taming the Great Black Swamp

by Patrick Wensink November 19, 2025

Before farms and suburbs, the Great Black Swamp thrived. Restoring it could help curb Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms today.

Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Algae Blooms, Authors, Drinking Water, Featured, Gary Wilson, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Ohio, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Advocacy group challenges “new normal” status of Lake Erie’s algal blooms

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now July 15, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Cleveland, Feature Cleveland, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Ohio, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Great Lakes scientists discover new lifeform microbe, name it ShipGoo1

by Bridge Michigan July 1, 2025November 8, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Climate Change, Featured, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Toxic algae blooms are lasting longer in Lake Erie − why that’s a worry for people and pets

by The Conversation June 27, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inGLNC, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, News

Great Lakes slightly colder than usual ahead of summer

by Bridge Michigan May 29, 2025
Posted inGLNC, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Erie, Latest News, News

Michigan’s fight against Lake Erie pollution didn’t work. What happens next?

by Bridge Michigan May 28, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Drinking Water, Guest Article, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.

by ProPublica May 6, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, James Proffitt, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Ohio, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Tourism, Who We Are and What We Do

Everything you need to know about the Biggest Week in American Birding

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now May 6, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Books, Authors, Art and Music, Buffalo, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, History and Culture, James Proffitt, Lake Erie, Latest News, New York, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Alberto Rey: Art all about Earth

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now April 11, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Ohio, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, The States, Who We Are and What We Do

Could Lake Erie really become Lake Ohio?

by Lisa John Rogers, Great Lakes Now March 27, 2025

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  • Great Lakes water levels decline from record highs: What the forecast says
    Over the next six months, the Army Corps predicts water levels will stay below long-term averages on all Great Lakes, except possibly Lake Ontario.
  • Shipwreck hunter discovers sunken 150-year-old luxury liner off the coast of Wisconsin
    The Great Lakes are seeing a "golden age" of shipwreck discoveries, says Wisconsin maritime historian.
  • Enbridge paid police to protect one pipeline. Now it wants to do it again in Wisconsin.
    The Bad River Band is fighting to stop Line 5 and protect its watershed. Meanwhile, local sheriffs are already tallying the cost of riot gear.

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