The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's research vessel, Lake Guardian. Image: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website.
Inquisitive about the Great Lakes? Submit or tweet your questions and they could be answered by scientists or other experts.
Specialists on board the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s research vessel Lake Guardian are exploring Lake Superior this week. They are answering questions about the Great Lakes submitted by the public through a form starting today.
Individuals can alternatively tweet questions to @EPAresearch using the #LakeSci11 hashtag.
The Great Lakes are hugely important for individuals in the Great Lakes basin but they are also a national treasure, said Melissa Anley-Mills, member of the science communication staff for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It is wonderful that technologies such as these, which allow experts on Lake Superior to answer people’s questions about the Great Lakes, exist, she said.
People have already started submitting questions. Every day experts will select and answer some questions. People can also check out others’ question on the Environmental Protection Agency’s website.