Climate
Poor mixing of nutrients among looming climate change impacts
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A temperature change of 3 to 4 degrees is also big enough to push back annual events, such as bird migrations and the developmental stages of plants, experts say.
Climate
New climate study matches cities to their future selves
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Local officials say study could help them prepare their cities for climate change, including planting different species of trees.
Echo
Isle Royale gets historic designation
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The National Park Service has put Isle Royale – Minong in Ojibwe – on the National Register of Historic Places. The action formally recognizes centuries of historic legacies of the 400-island archipelago in Lake Superior, including copper mining, fishing, hunting, trapping, recreation and a wide range of uses by the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
Homepage Featured
New technology doesn’t settle old arguments over large dairies
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Indiana recently granted a permit to build a large organic dairy about an hour south of Lake Michigan. The operation plans to use a new waste handling system endorsed by billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates. Local environmental groups are skeptical and fear the potential for groundwater contamination.
CIGLR
Researchers to sharpen Great Lakes ice alerts
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The data is available. Now the challenge is to provide it in a way that helps Great Lakes shippers and ice breakers.
The Buzz
Culinary guide gives bees something to buzz about
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Discovering what bees like to eat has important ramifications for growers and farmers whose flowering fruits and vegetables depend on bees for pollination.
Homepage Featured
Invasive species control requires more than talk
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Study examines how what boaters are told about invasive species influences their actions.
Birds
Keep your eye out for snowy owls
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A crew of scientists, bird banders and wildlife veterinarians needs your sightings for research on the Arctic raptor’s mysterious migration patterns.
Algae
Monitoring algal blooms in the Great Lakes Basin
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This is how algal blooms are monitored in the Great Lakes Basin.
Nearshore
Living with algal blooms: How one Michigan town manages its water
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Like many coastal communities in the Great Lakes Basin, Monroe, Michigan, relies on water drawn directly from one of the five Great Lakes: Erie.