News tagged with great lakes
Everyone knows it's windy . . .
... And now they have the data to prove it. The middle of Lake Michigan is a vast, untapped reservoir of wind energy. The next step will be to find out if it can be harvested economically without harming ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 25, 2012 |
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Research team claims to have found evidence Lake Cheko is impact crater for Tunguska Event
(Phys.org) -- Early on the morning of June 30th, 1908, a huge explosion occurred in a remote part of Siberia near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River. So great was the blast that trees were knocked down in neat ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 21, 2012 |
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Lake Erie's thermal structure and circulation are backward
A series of high-resolution measurements has shown that Lake Erie, one of the North American Great Lakes, is, in some respects, backward. In the majority of thermally stratified lakes, the thermocline, a thin subsurface layer ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Feds, 5 states to push for Great Lakes wind farms
(AP) -- The Obama administration and five states have reached an agreement to speed up approval of offshore wind farms in the Great Lakes, which have been delayed by cost concerns and public opposition.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 30, 2012 |
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New paper assigns dollar figure to cost from ship-borne invasive species to the Great Lakes
Although there has been growing recognition among researchers and policy-makers that ship-borne invasive species cause a considerable economic toll, this environmental problem often goes unaddressed because of the difficulty ...
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Supreme Court rejects emergency carp measures
(AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to order emergency measures that might prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, despite a warning that the exotic fish pose a "dire threat" to the region's ...
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Coalition releases study on cutting off Asian carp from Lake Michigan
Asian carp should be permanently cut off from Lake Michigan by sheet pile or impermeable land bridges, effectively re-reversing the flow of the Chicago River, according to a study set to be released Tuesday by a coalition ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Acid rain poses a previously unrecognized threat to Great Lakes sugar maples
(PhysOrg.com) -- The number of sugar maples in Upper Great Lakes forests is likely to decline in coming decades, according to University of Michigan ecologists and their colleagues, due to a previously unrecognized ...
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Lake Erie algae, ice, make a nice mix in winter
Clarkson University Biology Professor Michael R. Twiss has been working with colleagues and students from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Ontario, to study Lake Erie over the past five winters during mid-winter, ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Study finds increasing atmospheric concentrations of new flame retardants
Compounds used in new flame-retardant products are showing up in the environment at increasing concentrations, according to a recent study by researchers at Indiana University Bloomington.
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Seeing the forest under the trees
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists recently discovered nitrogen that falls from the atmosphere in acid rain can influence large tracts of sugar maples in North America.
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Great Lakes fish feed on invading shrimp
Hemimysis anomala, or more commonly the bloody red shrimp after its bright red spots—may become a new food source for fish, allaying concerns about how it will impact native fish populations.
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Scientists find evidence for 'great lake' on Jupiter's moon Europa, potential new habitat for life
In a significant finding in the search for life beyond Earth, scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and elsewhere have discovered what appears to be a body of liquid water the volume of the North ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Researchers harness power of genome institute for Great Lakes study
A project by three Bowling Green State University biologists and a colleague is expected to unleash a virtual tsunami of information that will be usable for years to come not only by them but also by scientists worldwide ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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New genetic evidence confirms coyote migration route to Virginia and hybridization with wolves
Changes in North American ecosystems over the past 150 years have caused coyotes to move from their native habitats in the plains and southwestern deserts of North America to habitats throughout the United States.
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Great Lakes
The Great Lakes (French: Grands Lacs) are a chain of freshwater lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada – United States border. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth. They are sometimes referred to as the "Third Coast" by some citizens of the United States. Because of their size, some regard them as inland seas.[citation needed]
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