News tagged with great lakes

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

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (38) | comments 30 | with audio podcast

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

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (25) | comments 20 | with audio podcast report

Archeological evidence of human activity found beneath Lake Huron

More than 100 feet deep in Lake Huron, on a wide stoney ridge that 9,000 years ago was a land bridge, University of Michigan researchers have found the first archeological evidence of human activity preserved beneath the ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 2

Scientists finding sink holes in Great Lakes

Scientists studying submerged sinkholes in the Great Lakes off the coast of northern Michigan have stumbled onto something they never expected to find: life forms akin to those found in some of Earth's most extreme environments.

Biology / Ecology

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 2

Great Lake's sinkholes host exotic ecosystems

Researchers are exploring extreme conditions for life in a place not known for extremes.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Alien lionfish swarm N.C. coast

A handful of ravenous, venomous lionfish, a species native to the western Pacific, were spotted off North Carolina in 2000. Turns out they like it here. A lot.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

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.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Round Goby invade Great Lakes

Canadian scientists uncover alarming invasion of round goby into Great Lakes tributaries: impact on endangered fishes likely to be serious.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Sea lampreys fear the smell of death

A repellant for sea lampreys could be the key to better controlling one of the most destructive invasive species in the Great Lakes, says a Michigan State University researcher.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 06, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Water levels down in Canada's Saint Lawrence seaway

Seasonal water levels in the Saint Lawrence seaway -- a major North American shipping corridor -- have reached their lowest point in 40 years, the Quebec hydro center warned Friday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 07, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Death of the 'Doughnut': How quaggas are casting a pall on the Lake Michigan fishery

(PhysOrg.com) -- Something has been eating Charlie Kerfoot's doughnut, and all fingers point to a European mollusk about the size of a fat lima bean.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 03, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Obama wants to pump $475M into Great Lakes cleanup

(AP) -- A budget proposal from the Obama administration would spend $475 million on beach cleanups, wetlands restoration and removal of toxic sediments from river bottoms around the Great Lakes.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 6

Researchers study 'fundamental, amazing change' in Great Lakes (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Great Lakes are in the midst of a remarkable ecological transformation, driven largely by the blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of non-native mussels.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Asian carp may have breached barrier protecting Lake Michigan

Two feared species of Asian carp have zoomed beyond the $9 million electric barriers built to keep them out of Lake Michigan. Now, the only thing left between the carp and the Great Lakes is a lock and dam in southern Chicago.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Chemical-munching mussels contaminating Great Lakes

Zebra mussels from the Caspian Sea, introduced to North America by accident, are becoming a veritable plague releasing toxic chemicals into the Great Lakes, Canadian biologists say.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 6

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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