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    CollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin

    Students at Michigan State and Wisconsin win EPA funding for environmental health innovations

    November 5, 2024 - by Great Lakes Echo

    Students from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin are among the winners of a contest for innovations in sustainability.

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    Great Lakes most unwanted: Top 10 invasive species

    October 24, 2024 - by Lily Stewart, Great Lakes Now

    Researchers make sense of the extensive variety and effects of invasive species.

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    AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishKathy JohnsonLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, Research

    I Speak for the Fish: Where’s the line in fisheries research?

    October 21, 2024 - by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now

    Netting, tagging, shocking, sampling — a lot of things are done to fish in the name of science. So, it begs the question, who decides what can be done to Great Lakes fish?

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    The lonely Lake Superior caribou and a lesson in limits

    October 15, 2024 - by The Narwhal

    Ontario’s southernmost herd illustrates how hard it is to bring a species back from the brink — and why we need to recognize tipping points before we reach them.

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    AuthorsChicagoFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisKathy JohnsonLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, Research

    How do fish survive in large urban waterways, like the Chicago River?

    September 30, 2024 - by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now

    The Chicago River’s hardened shorelines, stormwater pollution events and limited habitat would seem inhospitable to fish. Yet, native species are finding ways to call the city home.

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    Points North: The Last to Leave

    September 27, 2024 - by Interlochen Public Radio

    A researcher in Ohio was surrounded by hundreds of dead ash trees. They had been wiped out by the emerald ash borer. But in that same forest, she found a lone tree thriving. Could this be the key to saving ash from extinction?

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    Beaver Island takes early steps to test wave energy in its waters

    July 8, 2024 - by Interlochen Public Radio

    Wave energy converters use the movement of the water to generate electricity. A research team from the University of Michigan will spend the next couple years developing a prototype to install in the waters off the island.

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    Finding creative new ways to manage invasive cattails

    April 19, 2024 - by Lily Stewart, Great Lakes Now

    Scientists are thinking holistically about biodiversity, sustainability, and resilience when it comes to the role invasive cattails play in the Great Lakes.

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    Through a Glass Darkly

    March 29, 2024 - by Sean Ericson, Great Lakes Now

    Antidepressants can affect reaction times in fish and birth control gives male specimens female traits. How might pharmaceutical pollution impact life around the Great Lakes?

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    The solar eclipse is a great opportunity for students and citizen scientists alike

    March 22, 2024 - by Sarah Derouin, Great Lakes Now

    Educators, students, and science enthusiasts in the region are teaming up with NASA to take important weather measurements during the event.

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