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The SS Alpena, the oldest working freighter on Michigan’s Great Lakes, is back on course for another shipping season. The ship was built in 1942 and still carries cement to […]
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Lake Superior State University students are conducting one of the first studies to replicate real oil spill conditions in large mesocosms to potentially change how scientists respond to oil spills […]
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The United Nations has recently designated August 27 as World Lake Day. The day should be used to acknowledge the benefits derived from the Great Lakes and take action to […]
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Waterspouts swept across the Great Lakes this past weekend as a cold front moved into the region from Canada, and the region may see more in the coming days, weather […]
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Visitors sometimes leave stuff behind at Great Lakes beaches. One of the most common pieces of plastic trash found are cigarette butts. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio.
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Until a Michigan shipwreck hunter found it, the Carruthers was the last of eight vessels still missing on Lake Huron that sank during a 1913 storm. It also, until recently, […]
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The Trump administration’s budget proposal calls for a $1.7 billion reduction in NOAA’s budget and directs the complete elimination of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. This jeopardizes the existence […]
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Researchers used tree ring data and Indigenous oral histories to reconstruct the fire history of the Great Lakes region. Reintroducing controlled burns, often following Indigenous practices, is suggested as a […]
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Michigan wildlife managers are proposing a new lake sturgeon catch and release season in one portion of the state and a shortened harvest season in another. These decisions are informed […]
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A new FishPass barrier will replace the Union Street dam in Traverse City, Michigan, which is the last barrier between Lake Michigan and the Boardman-Ottawa River. This passageway will have […]
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Lawmakers in the Michigan House and Senate introduced several bills last week to crack down on microplastics in the Great Lakes. Specifically, the proposed legislation aims to limit pollution and […]