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Traverse City’s Freshwater Research Center makes an impression at Global Oceans Conference


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Traverse City’s Freshwater Research Center makes an impression at Global Oceans Conference

Fri, 2025-10-24 13:36

Great Lakes Commission

For the first time, the Global Oceans Conference set up shop on the shores of the Great Lakes in Chicago. The Freshwater Research Center showed off its budding status as […]

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Lake-effect rains drench Great Lakes, flooding parts of Ohio. When will rain end?


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Lake-effect rains drench Great Lakes, flooding parts of Ohio. When will rain end?

Fri, 2025-10-24 13:17

Great Lakes Commission

Also known as lake-effect rain, a cousin of lake-effect snow, cold air moving over the warmer Great Lakes water is generating narrow, intense bands of precipitation affecting roughly a dozen […]

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Corp. checks out Coast Guard operations


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Corp. checks out Coast Guard operations

Fri, 2025-10-24 13:08

Great Lakes Commission

Several local officials recently took a behind-the-scenes tour of the U.S. Coast Guard’s station in Marblehead, Ohio, which is the busiest station on the Great Lakes. Read the full story […]

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Boardman students to study at Lake Erie lab under $4,800 EPA grant


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Boardman students to study at Lake Erie lab under $4,800 EPA grant

Fri, 2025-10-24 13:05

Great Lakes Commission

Boardman High School in Ohio is being awarded $4,800 to fund high school students to learn hands-on at Lake Erie’s Stone Laboratory through the “Great Lakes, Great Futures: Inspiring the […]

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New interest in domestic mining comes with call for sustainability in the market


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New interest in domestic mining comes with call for sustainability in the market

Fri, 2025-10-24 08:21

Great Lakes Echo

By Joe Lorenz

Electrification and tariffs mean rural Midwest communities can cash in on their mineral resources. But how can these ventures balance local benefit to the ecological cost?

The post New interest in domestic mining comes with call for sustainability in the market first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.

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Happy trails: Erie on track to join Great Lakes project


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Happy trails: Erie on track to join Great Lakes project

Wed, 2025-10-22 13:28

Great Lakes Commission

The National Park Service, Pennsylvania officials, and other groups are working on an ambitious plan to create the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail in the United States. The U.S. trail would […]

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Great Lakes water levels are the lowest in a decade – but is it a crisis?


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Great Lakes water levels are the lowest in a decade – but is it a crisis?

Wed, 2025-10-22 09:47

The London Free Press

This year’s conditions are a combination of natural and climatic factors, including dry weather and a low-water cycle.

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Great Lakes seeing near-record warm waters this fall


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Great Lakes seeing near-record warm waters this fall

Mon, 2025-10-20 12:50

Great Lakes Commission

All five Great Lakes are currently around 4 to 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than their long-term average for the last three decades. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Illinois one step closer to keeping invasive carp out of Great Lakes


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Illinois one step closer to keeping invasive carp out of Great Lakes

Mon, 2025-10-20 12:16

Great Lakes Commission

Last week, Illinois announced it had acquired land needed to move forward with a $1.15 billion barricade aimed at keeping the invasive silver carp from entering the channel that connects […]

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Xenopoulos: Warmer weather leading to vanishing winters in Great Lakes


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Xenopoulos: Warmer weather leading to vanishing winters in Great Lakes

Sat, 2025-10-18 00:45

The London Free Press

Winter conditions in the Great Lakes are getting much shorter — by about two weeks fewer each decade since 1995

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The Great Lakes: Protecting our natural wonder


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The Great Lakes: Protecting our natural wonder

Fri, 2025-10-17 12:16

Great Lakes Commission

From invasive species and pollution to the escalating impacts of climate change, Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes are grappling with a host of environmental challenges. But in Chicago, […]

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Annual Freshwater Summit to address Great Lakes research and regional initiatives


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Annual Freshwater Summit to address Great Lakes research and regional initiatives

Fri, 2025-10-17 12:14

Great Lakes Commission

Community members, environmental professionals, and researchers will gather later this month for the 18th Annual Freshwater Summit, an event focused on the latest research and regional efforts to protect the […]

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