The SS Badger backed into its dock Oct. 10 for the last time this season, letting about 300 passengers off into Ludington and ending nearly five months of daily round trips across Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Wisconsin State Journal.
River advocates and environmental regulators intend to fan out across northern Lower Michigan in coming months and determine where blooms of invasive “rock snot” algae threaten otherwise pristine, freshwater streams. Read the full story by MLive. Read the full story Tags: Michigan, Daily News, survey
The Great Lakes have been receding from record high water levels over the past few years. The amount of water that has left the Great Lakes is staggering. Each Great Lake peaked in a different year, and each of the Great Lakes’ water levels have fallen from there. Read the full story by MLive. Read…
Meteotsunamis also threaten the ecosystem by increasing erosion and releasing contaminants within sediments.
The post Tsunamis caused by air pressure could resuspend Great Lakes contaminants first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.
A Lakehead University researcher says it won’t be long before data on the amount of plastic in the water at the Thunder Bay harbour can be compared to other areas on the Great Lakes. Read the full story by CBC News. Read the full story Tags: Daily News, plastic
Water levels on lakes Erie and St. Clair remain well above average, leaving vulnerable shoreline areas at risk. Average daily levels on Lake Erie at the beginning of November were around 174.71 m, which is down about 43 cm from last year’s peak daily average record set at the end of May. Read the full…
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) first decided to introduce coho and Chinook salmon in the 1960s to control an invasive fish called alewife. Most of the salmon are naturally reproduced but the DNR still stocks salmon to keep up with demand, with plans to release 1.6 million fish this year. Read the full…
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