Wildlife
Pollution possible cause of Lake Ontario eel decline
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This long-lived native species is getting cleaner, but its numbers are still kept in check by overfishing, parasites and dams.
Water
Court rules on gravel pit pond status
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The state changed its mind whether a permit is needed to store water treatment residuals there.
Waste
Pennsylvania study finds contaminants in drilling wastewater
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The results showed that ammonium was discharged to rivers at well above the Environmental Protection Agency’s aquatic life criteria.
Water
How an upstream ditch limits downstream algae
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Digging the right kind of ditch to drain farm fields can improve water quality hundreds of miles away.
Water
Capturing the faces of Lake Michigan
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A Milwaukee photographer hit the road with a mobile studio to capture images of people with unique connections to Lake Michigan. Check out our interactive map.
Water
Great Lakes connects Midwest with Middle East in Chicago
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The summit spurs water management discussions and launches an initiative by three regional universities to look at water through a lens of the humanities rather than engineering.
Water
Great Lakes Month in Review: fights over Flint’s water, mercury limits before SCOTUS
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A look at this month’s biggest environmental stories with Great Lakes commentator Gary Wilson.
Water
Robot fish to track real ones
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The robots carry receivers that follow acoustic devices surgically implanted in fish. They also can monitor the growth of toxic algae in the Great Lakes.
Nearshore
Volunteers in forefront of monitoring Great Lakes streams
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Counting, identifying macroinvertebates helps assess water quality
Wildlife
Hormone-mimickers widespread in Great Lakes waterways, fish
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Great Lakes waterways are contaminated with known endocrine disrupting compounds; scientists warn that fish are at risk