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Water quality

This tag is further segmented with tags for pharmaceuticals, plastics, sewage, algae

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University gives St. Marys River clean, green boost

By Taylor Haelterman | February 9, 2021

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.

remote sensing

Eyes in the sky detect Great Lakes harmful algal blooms

By Claire Moore | April 8, 2020

Cyanobacteria can’t grow in the Great Lakes Basin without NASA knowing.

contamination

Study finds health risk from Pine River fish

By Kyle Davidson | April 7, 2020

Anglers are at risk of contracting E. coli while fishing in the Pine River, according to a recent study.

Urban

Scooping poop improves water quality

By Ri’An Jackson | March 5, 2020

Neglecting to pick up pet waste can contaminate water and threaten public health.

Great Lakes

Invasive mussels clear the water and coat the wrecks at Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

By Kurt Williams | February 27, 2020

Lake Huron is now the clearest Great Lake, dethroning Superior from the top spot while shedding new light on shipwrecks in Thunder Bay.

Books

The secret savior of the US and Canada’s shared waters

By Cassidy Hough | February 17, 2020

Read about the history of the little known International Joint Commission in “The First Century of the International Joint Commission.”

Birds

Microplastics are filling the Great Lakes and birds’ bellies

By Cassidy Hough | February 3, 2020

Researchers found man-made debris in the stomachs of baby cormorants from both urban and remote areas.

Water

“Our community is a fishing community:” Michigan tribe seeks to set its own water standards

By Andrew Blok | June 19, 2019

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.

contamination

Coal emissions can concentrate radioactivity

By Claire Moore | June 6, 2019

A 2015 Duke University-led study found radioactive contaminants, such as byproducts of uranium and thorium, can be highly concentrated in this ash.

contamination

Illinois coal ash a statewide groundwater threat

By Meredith Katz | June 5, 2019

No one region of Illinois is safe from contamination of groundwater from coal ash.

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