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Latest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsIced out? Research on the Great Lakes goes ahead amid funding chaos.
-Ice fishing anglers could help fill in a data gap on how thick the ice is.
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Industry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsBlue Tech challenge aims at gathering business solutions to Great Lakes problems
-Northwestern Michigan College officials say the challenge is essentially a pitch competition for those working on environmental and infrastructure issues facing the region.
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Latest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPoints North: A Sticky Solution for Microplastics
-Microplastics are everywhere. But after accidentally combining materials in a lab, scientists at the University of Michigan are on the cusp of discovering a new method to capture and remove microplastics from water.
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CollaborationGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLake HuronLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchShipwrecksA Great Lakes ‘Pompeii’? Lake Huron’s depths hold secrets of human history
-Ten years ago, scientists discovered ancient hunting camps beneath the lake. Now, DNA samples could produce more revelations about the prehistoric Great Lakes.
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Climate ChangeCollaborationLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchNOAA to study Great Lakes climate change with underwater robots
-As climate change increasingly shapes the region’s ecology, scientists plan to use underwater robots to gather previously inaccessible data they say will help communities adapt.
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Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWisconsinEnvironmentalists, Industry Divided Over Energy Permitting Bill
-The Energy Permitting Reform Act would make it easier to construct fossil fuel plants and electric transmission lines. Here’s what to know about the contentious energy bill.
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AdvocacyAuthorsChicagoEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchCan environmental law move beyond bedrock 1970’s legislation, while adapting to current and future challenges?
-To gain a better understanding of how environmental law has evolved, Great Lakes Now spoke with three environmental law attorneys.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinStudents at Michigan State and Wisconsin win EPA funding for environmental health innovations
-Students from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin are among the winners of a contest for innovations in sustainability.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes most unwanted: Top 10 invasive species
-Researchers make sense of the extensive variety and effects of invasive species.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchI Speak for the Fish: Where’s the line in fisheries research?
-Netting, tagging, shocking, sampling — a lot of things are done to fish in the name of science. So, it begs the question, who decides what can be done to Great Lakes fish?
