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Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice
-Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island’s fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season’s planned seven-week survey short after just two weeks.
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Teachers and scientists work together on the Lake Guardian
-Each summer, 15 educators join the EPA on a research trip around one of the Great Lakes. Applications for next summer are due February 19.
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Preserving Minnesota’s bogs could fight climate change
-Researchers in Minnesota are creating a national map to identify peatlands – soggy areas of slowly decaying organic matter – and guides for how to restore them. The PeatRestore project is set to span several years.
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The future of water management, with Curt Wolf
-After Detroit’s 2021 catastrophic flooding event, new ideas emerged about climate adaptation. Curt Wolf sat down with Great Lakes Now to discuss how the Michigan Center for Freshwater Innovation is bringing solutions to the table by getting everyone to the table.
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As Michigan winters vanish, researchers study snow for clues about what’s next
-Scientists once believed little important happened during winters. But as they vanish, the study of snowpack is increasing. ‘It brings home a reality that has been predicted for a long time,’ one U-M scientist says.
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Warm weather forces park officials to suspend Isle Royale wolf count for first time in decades
-A stretch of unusually warm weather has forced federal officials to suspend researchers’ annual wolf-moose count in Isle Royale National Park for the first time in more than six decades.
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Smart buoys help brace Great Lakes for environmental challenges
-Lake Erie is the first of the Great Lakes getting connected to the internet with a series of offshore “smart” buoys. And it’s not just for sending texts on the water.
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Consortium of Great Lakes universities and tech companies gets $15M to seek ways to clean wastewater
-The National Science Foundation has given a consortium of Great Lakes-area universities and tech companies $15 million to develop ways to extract harmful substances from wastewater.
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You can’t stop the lake
-Pollution plays a role in preventing shoreline erosion for lakeside properties.
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The Toxic Sands Threatening Fish in Lake Superior
-The slow-motion destruction of Buffalo Reef, a critical spawning ground, offers lessons for new mining projects.