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CollaborationDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsHow to destroy a ‘forever chemical’ – scientists are discovering ways to eliminate PFAS, but this growing global health problem isn’t going away soon
-The latest breakthrough shows how one class of PFAS can be broken down into mostly harmless components using sodium hydroxide, or lye, an inexpensive compound used in soap. It isn’t an immediate solution to this vast problem, but it offers new insight.
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Alex HillChicagoDetroitEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake OntarioLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchMapping the Great Lakes: Can you do an EV road trip around the five lakes?
-Are there enough charging stations to drive your electric vehicle to the most scenic places in the Great Lakes? Our mapping expert answers that question.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsFeature HomepageGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsVeteran algal bloom scientist calls on EPA to shift priorities from focus on practices to outcomes
-University of Michigan’s Don Scavia says Lake Erie’s continued “poor” condition is worrisome.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingFeature HomepageForests and PlantsLake MichiganMichiganRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchThe CatchTourism
Ancient trees of the Upper Peninsula
-Despite the modest size of the trees, they had been growing out of the cliffs for more than a thousand years, making them some of the oldest trees in eastern North America.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHabitat RestorationIllinoisIndianaLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinWhy are mallard duck populations falling in the Great Lakes region?
-Mallard duck populations are down about 16 to 17 percent since the early 2000s. New technology might help determine why.
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Feature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsPennsylvaniaPFASPFAS News RoundupResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPFAS News Roundup: “Forever Chemicals” waste going unreported, PFAS in rainwater
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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DetroitDetroit RiverFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationJohn HartigLake ErieLake HuronLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSt. Clair RiverWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Moment: Students help save sturgeon
-Sturgeon for Tomorrow and a team of U.S. and Canadian fishery biologists have been working together to help reintroduce lake sturgeon in Great Lakes tributaries where they once thrived.
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Capri CafaroClimate ChangeFeature HomepageLake ErieLake OntarioLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchScientists work to understand cause of Great Lakes earthquakes
-More sophisticated monitoring systems may contribute to the rise in recorded earthquakes, but that technology does not account for the underlying cause or variation in seismic magnitude.
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Alex HillChicagoClevelandDuluthFeature HomepageHamiltonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsQuebecResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchShipping and PortsMapping the Great Lakes: Carrying cargo
-There are billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs in Great Lakes shipping.
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Algae BloomsAPClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsLake ErieMichiganNewsOhioOntarioProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsTo reduce harmful algal blooms and dead zones, the US needs a national strategy for regulating farm pollution
-The administration of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf asked the state’s high court Monday to weigh in on a legal battle over Pennsylvania’s plan to charge power plants for their emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide.