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Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Latest News, News, Ontario, Region, Science, Technology & Research, 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 inClimate, 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, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality

Pentagon to address PFAS at Wurtsmith base near Oscoda

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

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, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

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, Culture, Forests and Plants, 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, 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, Featured, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes microplastics concentrations exceed safe levels for wildlife

by Sharon Oosthoek August 21, 2023
Posted inClimate, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Climate costs imperil Detroit’s unique, diverse Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood

by Planet Detroit August 18, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inClimate, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

New federal money is the start of an effort to make Great Lakes coasts more resilient

by Michigan Public August 17, 2023

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Latest News

  • Line 5 tunnel in Michigan clears major permitting hurdle, in blow to opposition
    Despite "adverse" impacts on ecological and tribal resources, state regulators said it's better than an oil spill in the Great Lakes.
  • Air quality alerts issued for northern Michigan as wildfire smoke blankets region
    Events were canceled and people were urged to stay indoors amid warnings of health risks from the plume drifting down from Minnesota and Canada.
  • The AI Boom Is Prolonging Indiana’s Fossil Fuel Era, With Hidden Costs for Water
    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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