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Eating fruits and vegetables prevents heart disease and obesity. But that may not be enough to prompt Americans to eat them. In 2009, only a third of adults ate two servings of fruit a day, according to a recent report. Only 26 percent of adults ate vegetables three or more times a day.
Areas of low oxygen are 30 times more prevalent in the nation’s waterways now than they were in 1960, according to a recent federal report.
And climate change means they’ll continue to worsen.
Quebec took the drastic measure to deal with the lowest water ever recorded in a river that supplies 440,000 Montreal suburbanites. The low flows strain sewage treatment. How will other Great Lakes communities react to projected low water?
Imagine if the Great Lakes claimed negligence and abuse and left the region.
That’s what a group of Chicago artists did after attending a workshop on environmental issues.
“This is our city. It is our town, and this is how we are going to turn it around. Plant the seeds and watch them grow, for our community and economy, our destiny and family.”
Yesterday, we announced the winners of the first two Great Lakes SmackDown! lake fights. Today, we reveal the results of the next two matches.
We asked you to tell us which aquatic invasive species are the most ecologically destructive to the Great Lakes.
And Round 1 results are in.
Something smells a little fishy in this match. Well, actually, a lot fishy, because there’s a whole lot of both the alewife and the white perch in the Great Lakes.
Tell us which one you think is the most destructive to the Great Lakes.
It’s time for two of the Great Lakes’ most aggressive invaders to lake fight!
In corner number one we have the Sea Lamprey and in corner number two, the Round Goby!
Now the aquatic plant nuisances face off.
In corner number one, the Eurasian Watermilfoil – AKA “The Eurasian Invasion.” And in the other corner, we have a veteran from the Eastern world, the Curly-Leaf Pondweed, “The Leaf-O-Nater.”