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Great Lakes make for great moods
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A new study shows that people living away from the Great Lakes are hospitalized for anxiety and mood disorders slightly more frequently than those who live nearer to them.
Citizen science
Record a prized catch for science without revealing your favorite fishing hole
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Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium has released the Great Lakes Fish Finder App to record fish sightings in the Great Lakes area.
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Michigan’s Sleeping Bear gets hot wake up call
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The northwest part of Michigan’s lower peninsula has already warmed two degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times, double that in most of the rest of the country, according to an analysis of federal temperature data dating back to 1895.
Africa Great Lakes
Large lakes worldwide share many of the same threats
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By Ray García
Algae pollution, plastic pollution and waste run-off plague the Great Lakes here in the United States. But similar problems also threaten large bodies of freshwater worldwide. The seven African Great Lakes and Lake Baikal in Russia, two of the world’s largest systems of freshwater, also face these problems daily. During the summer, a rapid growth of algae is among the most prominent challenges in Lake Erie and Lake Michigan. These algal blooms harm the lake animals and can harm humans as well.
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Microscopic changes could mean big things for Great Lakes
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Researchers are shocked by major shifts in zooplankton levels – most notably crashes in Lake Huron – that will determine which fish thrive.
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Boarders paddle across Lake Erie to support research below it
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It’s their fourth Great Lake. This time they’re raising money for research.
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Road trippers search for dune disrupter’s roots
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They are studying the DNA of baby’s breath to understand why it thrives in unforgiving ecosystems around the Great Lakes and across the continent.
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Researchers to sharpen Great Lakes ice alerts
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The data is available. Now the challenge is to provide it in a way that helps Great Lakes shippers and ice breakers.
Echo
Between government shutdowns? Great Lakes researchers struggle to carry on
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Another shutdown could irreversibly damage research efforts and make it difficult to schedule federal boats, buoys and labs that scientists need.