Tag: Great Lakes
Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed...
Christine Keiner, Rochester Institute of Technology
If you visit the Erie Canal today, you’ll find a tranquil waterway and...
A Great Lakes oil pipeline faces 3 controversies with no speedy resolutions
Mike Shriberg, University of Michigan
For more than a decade, controversy over an oil pipeline that passes directly through...
You can be exposed to PFAS through food, water, even swimming...
Ruohao Zhang, Penn State; Jiameng Zheng, Louisiana State University ; Wendong Zhang, Cornell University, and Xibo Wan, University of Connecticut
Toxic algae blooms are lasting longer in Lake Erie − why...
Gregory J. Dick, University of Michigan
Federal scientists released their annual forecast for Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms on...
That Arctic blast can feel brutally cold, but how much colder...
Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, University of Michigan
An Arctic blast hitting the central and eastern U.S. in early January...
What is lake-effect snow? A climate scientist explains
Michael A. Rawlins, UMass Amherst
It’s hard for most people to imagine more than 5 feet of snow in...
The westward spread of zebra and quagga mussels shows how tiny...
Christine Keiner, Rochester Institute of Technology
The zebra mussel has been a poster child for invasive species ever since...
Restoring the Great Lakes: After 50 years of US-Canada joint efforts,...
Daniel Macfarlane, Western Michigan University
The Great Lakes cover nearly 95,000 square miles (250,000 square kilometers) and hold over...
EXPLORING NATURE
Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed...
Christine Keiner, Rochester Institute of Technology
If you visit the Erie Canal today, you’ll find a tranquil waterway and...
