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Trash is purposely being dumped into Lake Ontario

Trash is purposely being dumped into Lake Ontario

ByGreat Lakes Commission
A group of students, researchers and volunteers at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario — called the U of T Trash Team — are dumping plastic bottles with GPS trackers to pinpoint exactly where trash goes in the water to help determine ways to retrieve it. Read the full story by Yahoo News.

From sinks to sources: peatland carbon is poised to be part of the climate crisis

ByGreat Lakes Echo

In the Marcell Experimental Forest in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, there are no trails for hiking, grounds for camping nor lakes for boating. Instead, there are temperature-manipulating chambers and field laboratories. Marcell was chosen to study because of its peatlands, a unique landscape that occupies just 3%  of the earth’s surface, yet stores 30% of soil carbon.

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IJC to hold Great Lakes webinar

ByGreat Lakes Commission

The International Joint Commission and three Boards of Control will be holding a bi-lateral webinar later this month. Read the full story by the Finger Lakes Daily News. Read the full story Tags: Daily News