Water
Great Lakes Now coverage of Great Lakes Week 2015
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Great Lakes Week in Chicago has ended, but you can catch highlights here.
Climate
Climate change threatens perch, other warm-water fish
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Climate-controlled growth chambers show that the negative impacts of climate change outweigh the positive ones for fish living in mild-temperature regions.
Land
Seeking balance? Ask a plant
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Mary Siisip Geniusz revives native Anishinaabe-Ojibwe plant knowledge with cultural and culinary anecdotes in her new book.
Recreation
Great Lakes states ranked for water action
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From state park visitors traversing a river trail to licensed fishers scoring a fish tale, 28 states measured water activity using park reports and other publicly available data.
Wildlife
Gene discovery may help restore Great Lakes lake trout
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Researchers link alewife gene with vitamin B1 deficiency and the decline of lake trout.
Land
Michigan’s ‘Pine King’
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Author Mike Nagel chronicles the business and philanthropic acumen of Michigan’s ‘Pine King’ in his new book.
Wildlife
Sex and violence may control sea lamprey
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Cryptic chemicals associated with life and death can push and pull this parasitic invader.
Recreation
Free boat wash targets Michigan invaders
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Michigan State University is fighting the state’s worst aquatic invaders with mobile lakeside education and free boat washes.
Water
Mapping great rivers
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Scientists are swapping topographic maps for satellite images as part of a new NASA mission to create the first global inventory of the Earth’s surface waters. It could mean they contribute more to global warming than previously thought.
Waste
Great Lakes states are in ecological debt
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The nation hit Ecological Deficit Day recently, thanks in part to the Great Lakes states that use more resources than they regenerate.