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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsInfrastructureInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts5 Reasons to Love (and Protect) Freshwater Mussels
-These aquatic heroes do so much to keep freshwater ecosystems healthy — and we’re killing them off at a record pace.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIllinoisKathy JohnsonLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMichiganNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSt. Lawrence RiverTourismWisconsinWho caught the world’s largest muskie? Even the experts don’t agree
-The award and corresponding fame for catching the world’s largest muskie by hook and line remains a hotly contested controversy that, after nearly a century of debate, remains unresolved.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsLatest NewsNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchLost and found: native aquatic plant in Ohio
-The watermilfoil species has not been seen in Ohio in at least 20 years, said Mark Warman, the scientist who found the plant on private property last September.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeIndianaLatest NewsLeadNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchIndiana University study links lead exposure to juvenile delinquency
-In the first direct analysis of its kind, a study by Indiana University researchers has found a link between lead in drinking water, specifically from private wells, and juvenile delinquency.
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Algae BloomsAPClimate ChangeFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesLake HuronMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsScientists take rare look under Great Lakes’ frozen surfaces
-The field studies over the past few weeks — a collective effort known as the “Winter Grab” — were intended to boost knowledge of what happens in the five lakes when they’re covered partially or completely with ice.
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Drinking WaterFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsNatasha BlakelyNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Wisconsin board passes weakened state standards, stream trout contaminated
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Algae BloomsBrian OwensClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchLake heatwaves driven by human-caused climate change
-What sort of effect this will have on lake ecology and organisms is still unknown, though researchers say an increase in algal blooms can be expected.
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ChicagoFeature HomepageJohn McCrackenLake MichiganLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinScratching the surface: Regional research groups explore winter conditions of Green Bay, Great Lakes
-This is the first year the Chicago research group has been able to study winter conditions of the microbial communities and the “Winter Grab” will help bring more awareness to this field of work in the coming years.
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Climate ChangeFeature HomepageLatest NewsNatasha BlakelyNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsCold Cover: Great Lakes ice forms after initial low percentage
-While 2022’s ice coverage is turning out not as low as initially projected, overall trends still suggest a decline in the annual average over the past five decades.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeFish, Birds and AnimalsLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWisconsinFour ways Great Lakes winters are changing as scientists search for clues
-The Great Lakes’ warming winters are well-known through Michigan, in part because declining ice cover is visible from the surface.
