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A WWII training plane was recovered from the bottom of Lake Michigan in 2012 after spending 68 years submerged. After a decade of restoration by Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Museum volunteers and staff, the WWII era plane is now restored. Read the full story by the MLive.

A fire last year shutdown of the Cheboygan Tissue Plant in Cheboygan, Michigan, which is now causing fluctuating water levels on the inland waterway. Without the factory’s generator, precise changes in water level can no longer be made. Read the full story by WPBN/WGTU – Traverse City, MI.

A recent study reveals that rain has played a large role in spreading PFAS into all five Great Lakes. Commonly found in household products such as cleaners or personal care products, PFAS chemicals resist breaking down in the environment. Read the full story by the Quetico Superior Foundation.

There are five Michigan beaches closed or under contamination advisories due to high bacteria levels resulting from stormwater runoff, wildlife, and other unknown sources. Read the full story by the MLive.

Eastern Lake Ontario has been designated a national marine sanctuary. The designation recognizes the national significance of the area’s historical, archeological, and cultural resources. Read the full story by the WWNY – Watertown, NY.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week designated a 1,722-square-mile area in eastern Lake Ontario as America’s 16th national marine sanctuary. The Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary is the first such sanctuary in New York, and only the third in the Great Lakes region. Read the full story by The Post-Standard.

Emissions targets set by the International Maritime Organization mean the shipping industry must find a way to decarbonize by 2050. A new, cleaner ship points way as U.S. ports in the Great Lakes region are spending millions on upgrades in pursuit of net zero. Read the full story by The Guardian.

Rain and contaminated air are major sources of PFAS contamination detected by a team of researchers in the Great Lakes. Airborne concentrations of PFAS are much higher near Chicago and other urban areas than at rural monitoring stations in northern Michigan and upstate New York. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer had pledged to crack down on bottled water companies taking water at the same time Flint, Michigan, faced a water crisis. Six years later and in her second term, little has changed. Read the full story by ProPublica.

Scientists at University of Toledo’s (UToledo) Lake Erie Center have studied lake ecology for years, but after the 2014 water crisis, the center has added new goals for water safety: protecting the water supply and understanding the toxins harmful algae produce. Read the full story by WTOL-TV – Toledo, OH.

Fish fly season has begun, bringing thousands, if not millions, of the winged insects to swarm the backyards, screen doors and car windows of metro Detroiters. Considered by many to be a messy inconvenience, the mayfly swarms are an indicator of nearby freshwater ecosystems’ health. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

Global warming is fueling the spread of the nonnative peach blossom jellyfish in the Great Lakes region. Researchers urge the public to submit sightings to various online databases so that their changing distribution can be understood. Read the full story by The Mining Journal.