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Over the past 20 years, Great Lakes water levels have gone from sustained multiyear lows to multiyear highs. Climate change is accelerating the transition between dry phases and wet phases.
Air pollution research is among the top priorities of the Environment and Climate Change Canada sector of the government.
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.
For all the care and regulations surrounding coal ash in Michigan, it still leaks from its landfills and ponds into the groundwater, according to a recent report from Environmental Integrity Project.
In the Great Lakes region, coal ash polluted groundwater at 73 of 80 monitored sites.
A grade of 92 is an A at most schools, but for tap water it means that millions of Americans drink water that fails to met federal standards.
The spread of invasive quagga and zebra mussels in the Great Lakes has altered the ecology of lakes, including disrupting the food web in the lakes. Commercial whitefish fishers are facing challenges in their industry that may be the result of changes to the food web brought about by the presence of the invasive mussels.
The monarch butterfly might be on the decline, but a little milkweed-whacking can help get them back on their feet, experts say.
Michigan’s wine industry is thriving.