Long a threat to southern Ontario lakes, climate change is allowing cyanobacteria — or blue-green algae — to thrive in even the coldest of the Great Lakes.
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Points North: The Pink Prairie Mascot
In 2014, a group of botanists discovered that a very rare plant native to the Kankakee River in Illinois, had vanished from its only known native habitat in the world. That set off a quest to bring back the missing Midwestern flower.
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Why Scientists are Eavesdropping on Forests | Great Lakes Now
What can sound tell us about the health of forests? The Soundscape Baselines Project has been recording the natural sounds of forests around the world to track biodiversity and environmental […]
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Can you identify these birds?
???????? Can you identify these Great Lakes birds just by their songs? Comment below with how many you got right! Then, check out our latest episode to see how researchers […]
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Illinois Gov. Pritzker signs PFAS Reduction Act
More PFAS news with millions of Americans drinking contaminated water, and concerns in Wisconsin over a drilling operation.
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How many cigarette butts are littering your local beach?
Cigarette butts are one of the most common kind of plastic pollution found on Great Lakes beaches.
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Casting Lines and Listening In
Researchers eavesdrop on forests, fishing for lake trout and the rights of nature.
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Can you guess these birds by their songs?
Can you guess these Great Lakes birds just by their songs? ???????? Comment below with how many you got right! Then, check out our latest episode to see how researchers […]
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Nibi Chronicles: Your hands will know what to do
After working at the Grand Portage National Monument, Sofia Vanderlan built a birch bark canoe in honor of her ancestors’ Great Lakes tradition and heritage.
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Eavesdropping on Birds and Catching Fish | Great Lakes Now | Full Episode
On this episode of Great Lakes Now: What can we learn by eavesdropping on forests? A global project based in Wisconsin has been finding out. Then, GLN host Anna Sysling […]
