Researcher studies vampiric silver lamprey
It's out there. Lurking, ready to feast on the blood of its victims, like the mythological vampire.
Oct 20, 2017
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Another warm winter forecast for swath of US
Much of the U.S. should expect another warm winter, but not quite as toasty as the last two years, forecasters said.
Space-based data are aiding Great Lakes communities as they combat an invader
Located on the southern shore of Georgian Bay in Ontario, the idyllic Great Lakes town of Collingwood has been battling a growing problem—an invasive wetland reed called Phragmites australis. And the town is not alone in ...
New non-native species emerges in Great Lakes after a mostly clean decade
The stew of non-native species known to be swarming in the Great Lakes just got a little thicker.
Report proposes steps to keep Asian carp out of Great Lakes
A federal report released Monday proposes a $275 million array of technological and structural upgrades at a crucial site in Illinois to prevent invasive Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes and its vulnerable fish populations.
Researchers creating warning system for toxic algae in lakes
Satellites in space and a robot under Lake Erie's surface are part of a network of scientific tools trying to keep algae toxins out of drinking water supplies in the shallowest of the Great Lakes.
New robotic lab tracking toxicity of Lake Erie algal bloom
A new research tool to safeguard drinking water is now keeping a watchful eye on Lake Erie. This week, a robotic lake-bottom laboratory began tracking the levels of dangerous toxins produced by cyanobacteria that bloom each ...
Intensive fishing finds no more Asian carp beyond barrier
Two weeks of intensive fishing in and around a Chicago waterway failed to produce any proof that more Asian carp have made it past electronic barriers intended to keep the invasive species out of Lake Michigan.
Microbes in the bilge
Microbiologist Steve Techtmann won a DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA) to study microbial biosignatures that identify what waters they traverse.
Environmentalists sue government for Lake Erie's toxic algae
Environmental groups in Ohio and Michigan sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday, accusing it of dragging its feet on protecting Lake Erie from harmful algae that have fouled drinking water supplies in recent ...
