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High school and community groups will help implement a $250,000 project to prevent pollution from flowing into the river from a new water research center to be built on contaminated soils at Lake Superior State University.
Cyanobacteria can’t grow in the Great Lakes Basin without NASA knowing.
Anglers are at risk of contracting E. coli while fishing in the Pine River, according to a recent study.
Neglecting to pick up pet waste can contaminate water and threaten public health.
Lake Huron is now the clearest Great Lake, dethroning Superior from the top spot while shedding new light on shipwrecks in Thunder Bay.
Read about the history of the little known International Joint Commission in “The First Century of the International Joint Commission.”
Researchers found man-made debris in the stomachs of baby cormorants from both urban and remote areas.
The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, heavily reliant on fish, berries and wild rice, wants to join the 60 other US tribes who the feds have granted control over setting water regulations.
A 2015 Duke University-led study found radioactive contaminants, such as byproducts of uranium and thorium, can be highly concentrated in this ash.
No one region of Illinois is safe from contamination of groundwater from coal ash.