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Posted inGreat Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region

What’s being done about plastic trash getting into the Great Lakes?

by Michigan Public August 28, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Energy News Roundup, Illinois, Indiana, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ohio, Ontario, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Energy News Roundup: Climate action plan in Illinois, Offshore wind project in Lake Erie

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now August 24, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Latest News, News, Ontario, Region, Science Says What, Science, Technology & Research, Sharon Oosthoek, Toronto, Who We Are and What We Do

Science Says What? The weight of the world rests on a small Canadian lake

by Sharon Oosthoek August 24, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inChicago, Climate Change, Guest Article, Illinois, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research

A Community-Led Approach To Stopping Flooding Expands

by Borderless Magazine August 24, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inGreat Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Pentagon to address PFAS at Wurtsmith base near Oscoda

by Bridge Michigan August 23, 2023
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Climate Change, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Toxins from cyanobacterial blooms can be airborne, but the threat to public health is unclear

by Michigan Public August 23, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Scientists are learning just how complicated it will be to reduce toxic blooms in Lake Erie

by Michigan Public August 22, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Forests and Plants, Guest Article, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research

Survival of wild rice threatened by climate change, increased rainfall in northern Minnesota

by Sahan Journal August 22, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Fish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

I Speak for the Fish: Giddy up sucker

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now August 21, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Sharon Oosthoek, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes microplastics concentrations exceed safe levels for wildlife

by Sharon Oosthoek August 21, 2023

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Latest News

  • Scientists have a new tool in the fight against toxic algal blooms: buoys
    University of Toledo researchers have developed a system of buoys that slowly release algaecide into the surrounding water.
  • In a Years-Long Fight, the Illinois Environmental Justice Movement Gets a Win
    By Keerti Gopal, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate,… Read more: In a Years-Long Fight, the Illinois Environmental Justice Movement Gets a Win
  • Could waves become power for Beaver Island? Researchers deploy new tech to find out
    University of Michigan researchers will test a prototype this week as part of an ongoing effort to improve electricity reliability for residents.

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