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The U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes escorted the freighter American Spirit through Lake Erie Wednesday after it requested assistance. The Coast Guard said it dispatched the Neah Bay, an ice cutter, […]
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There is growing fear that Lake Superior’s window of avoiding a full takeover by invasive mussels may be closing. Efforts are underway to remove mussels where possible, and better understand how vulnerable the […]
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By Anna Ironside
Caroline Miller is a botanical technologist at Michigan State University’s W.J. Beal Botanical Garden, as well as a master’s student. Her work has made her a driving force behind restoration projects on campus and beyond. From invasive species removal days to a growing movement to replace traditional turf lawns with
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About 20% of all the data centers in the U.S. are located in eight states around the Great Lakes. Ohio is slated to get another 77 by 2030, which will […]
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The Atlantic Huron, an iron lady of the St. Lawrence Seaway and a familiar site along the waterway, has completed her final voyage to close out more than 40 years […]
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By way of a promise made by companies across the Great Lakes region, the practice of dumping commercial fish waste into landfills has effectively been ended, according to the Great […]
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Two British TikTokers are captivating their two million followers with videos from Michigan’s Great Lakes winter, expressing awe at huge lake swells, brutal cold, giant potholes and quirky local experiences […]
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Michigan’s latest State of the Great Lakes report highlights significant progress in cleanup and conservation, stressing the importance of treating groundwater as part of the lakes’ ecosystem while supporting the […]
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American Cruise Lines announced a nine-day Great Lakes and Thousand Islands cruise starting at $8,675 per person, traveling from Syracuse to Buffalo, New York. Read the full story by WRGZ-TV […]
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A multi-year report on data centers in the Great Lakes region outlines the economic and energy impacts of data centers, which support purposes such as cloud-based computing and artificial intelligence. […]
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The American Spirit, a 1,004-foot ship that has been a Great Lakes workhorse for nearly a half a century, was the last freighter to make it through the Soo Locks […]
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For decades, scientists and government officials working in and around Lake Superior have been playing an ecosystem version of whack-a-mole. Their target: the sea lamprey, a parasitic fish native to … Continued
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