data
Interactive map helps bridge science-citizen divide
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Winners of the Great Lakes Observing System data challenge walked away with a $5,000 grand prize. The Ontario Water Rangers plan to use the money to expand their interactive web app.
Water
Watch live a forum on the Great Lakes
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Want to add to the conversation? You can participate online.
Asian carp
Experts from Israel, Great Lakes compare big water
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Representatives from each region met recently to discuss invasive species, overfishing, tourism and fisheries management
Water
A “lab-in-a-can” could pioneer protection network for Great Lakes water
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The instrument samples and analyzes water and sends the results to water monitors, making it easier to take multiple measurements that may warn of the presence of harmful chemicals.
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Student journalists report on Michigan’s Watershed Academy
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They learn of water monitoring protocols used worldwide while documenting the efforts of Michigan’s Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council and the Huron Pines Americorp.
Water
Tribal communities strive to protect water quality
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They raise awareness with water walks and flotillas of canoes.
Water
Save water? Where’s the urgency?
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If the aspirational goal is achieved for Lake Erie by 2027, that means kids entering second grade next month will be entering college when it is achieved.
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Smaller algae bloom forecast for Lake Erie
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But it could have been smaller. Studies indicate lingering effects of phosphorus from last year’s record-breaker.
Green Gavel
Ohio polluter gets four days in jail and $70,000 fine
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Judge also says that the gas and oil well operator has to write articles for three trade journals, explaining why an Ohio law does not provide an exemption for polluting the waterways of the United States.
Art
Great Lakes artistry
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Wind, temperature changes and algal blooms recently painted Lake Erie with swirls of blue and green, according to NASA satellite photographs.