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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingFeature HomepageHistory and CultureLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchWhy the Great Lakes region is unique for rockhounds
-The Great Lakes holds within its terrain a secret — rocks that possess stories as ancient as time itself.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekWater Quality and Restoration EffortsScience Says What? Lessons learned from a deliberate dilbit spill
-Water flowed black and shiny, coating turtles and waterfowl with a smelly goo and transforming grasses and bushes along the banks from green to oily black.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekScience Says What? Looking for love as northern forests heat up
-Today, southern flying squirrels are routinely found in Ontario’s Algonquin Park, roughly 62 miles (100 km) from their historic northern limit and solidly in the territory of a separate species of squirrel – northern flying squirrels.
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AuthorsClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsHabitat RestorationNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekWater Quality and Restoration EffortsScience Says What? What’s up with dissolved organic carbon (AKA why is my local stream murky?)
-If you’ve noticed your local waterway turning a deeper shade of brown over the past few decades, you wouldn’t be alone in remarking on it. Scientists in the Great Lakes region and in other parts of North America and Europe have noticed the same thing.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCitizen ScienceFeature HomepageForests and PlantsLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekScience Says What? How 5th-graders counting plants can lead to positive change
-These young researchers are participating in citizen science — the public voluntarily helping to conduct scientific research.
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AuthorsCitizen ScienceDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureJohn HartigLake ErieLake Erie-EPALatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismRegionScience, Technology, ResearchTourismGreat Lakes Moment: A community science survey
-“Volunteers reported 17 bald eagles on the ice, an estimated 20,000 Canvasbacks, about as many Redheads, a smattering of other ducks, and Tundra and Mute swans.”
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeDetroitLake ErieLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekTorontoScience Says What? Climate change, deluges and snow days
-In this new feature, see what scientists are learning about the impacts of climate change on the region – and what can be done to mitigate them.
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Lake HuronLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsSinkhole Science and other underwater research
-Scientists have been exploring the bottoms of the Great Lakes to learn more about natural world and human history.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipChicagoCoal Ash ProjectGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsCoal ash 101: Everything you need to know about this toxic waste
-Here are the basics that will help you understand this looming threat.
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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.
