Water
New website finds Great Lakes data in minutes
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The Great Lakes Monitoring website provides viewers with decades of nutrient, contaminant and water data at the click of a button.
Water
Iowa runoff lawsuit, Flint’s water woes
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WKAR’s Current State checks in with Great Lakes commentator Gary Wilson about January’s biggest environmental stories.
Water
Climate affects how the Great Lakes grow and flow
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A recent report by the U.S. Geological Survey helps land managers cope with the seasonal changes resulting from climate change in the Lake Michigan basin.
Water
Are prescription drugs harming fish?
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Prescription drugs bypassing sewage treatment to enter the Great Lakes could harm fish.
Water
Project tackles green infrastructure
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The Great Lakes Commission wants to integrate conservation into communities’ water management plans.
Water
Film festival in Alpena will show more than 30 Great Lakes-inspired films
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The Thunder Bay International Film festival runs from today through Sunday. Competitors in an underwater robot competition and ice are among the featured subjects.
Waste
Mr. Great Lakes on new ash regulations and information on Great Lakes currents
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This week Jeff Kart discusses new Environmental Protection Agency regulations for the safe disposal of coal ash and the availability of information on Great Lakes currents.
Water
Color-coded economies no cure for immediate environmental ills
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How does a blue economy deal with unaddressed problems that are smack in our face today?
Water
Great Lakes Year in Review: algae blooms, pipelines, and federal funding
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Current State looks back at the biggest Great Lakes environmental stories of 2014.
Water
New tool simulates climate change impact on Great Lakes shores
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A new tool developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration lets people look at what varying water levels do to a shoreline.