aquaculture
Million dollar grant funds study of Great Lakes aquaculture
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A million-dollar grant to study aquaculture aims to boost the number of fish farms in the Great Lakes region.
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Michigan Attorney General wants Line 5 shut down until damage is investigated
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After an unknown incident caused Enbridge Energy to shut down the east leg of Line 5 last week, Attorney General Dana Nessel has requested that the entire pipeline be temporarily shut down until the damage is investigated further.
Water
Risks in Michigan’s urban environment
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This is the second part of a four-part series on Environmental Risk in Michigan: Past, Present and Future.
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Scientists to explore mysterious Lake Huron sinkholes
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The billions of years old microbes found in the sinkholes may hold the secret of how Earth went from inhabitable to habitable, sustaining plant and animal life.
remote sensing
Eyes in the sky detect Great Lakes harmful algal blooms
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Cyanobacteria can’t grow in the Great Lakes Basin without NASA knowing.
Water
Rising waters threaten wells, drinking water systems
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Four out of the five Great Lakes set water level records for February, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Wisconsin tribe recognizes Menominee River rights
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The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin in January asserted that the Menominee River has the right to exist naturally, flourish, evolve, remain unpolluted and carry out its natural ecosystem functions.
Great Lakes
Invasive mussels clear the water and coat the wrecks at Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
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Lake Huron is now the clearest Great Lake, dethroning Superior from the top spot while shedding new light on shipwrecks in Thunder Bay.
Water
Irrigation hides climate change threats to streams, water scorpions, trout
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Drops in baseflow can harm stream’s health and the health of the organisms that rely on them. But irrigation can mask climate-driven drops in those flows, said Sue Borchardt, a doctoral student in the department of geography at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Water
Water sensors, data collaboration make Great Lakes smarter
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The Great Lakes Observing System has created “Smart Great Lakes,” by making it easy for the public and policy makers to access data from buoys and underwater probes.