Recreation

Great Lakes bicyclists take a hike; Minnesota has most cycling commuters in region

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By Rachael Gleason
Oct. 14, 2009

Bicycling is gaining momentum in the Great Lakes states. About 14 percent more residents in those eight states said they biked to work in 2008 than in 2007, according to the American Community Survey, an annual U.S. Census bureau survey of about 3 million households. Minnesota had the most in 2008 – close to 1 percent of its working population. In 2007, Minnesota was second to Wisconsin, but a large spike of people switching to bicycles last year pushed it to the top.

Echo

New tool from Canadian scientists predicts warmer Great Lakes water temperatures

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Jeff Gillies
jeffgillies@gmail.com
Great Lakes Echo
Sept. 28, 2009

Great Lakes climate science is often stuck in the past. Studies show that all five lakes have warmed up over the past century. But they rarely predict how much the water will warm in the next one. A new tool from Canada could help buck that trend, warning policymakers of new threats from foreign organisms and other waterborne consequence of global climate change.