Study shows water hundreds of feet below the surface of Lake Michigan is warming
Climate change is reaching all the way down to the depths of one of Earth's largest lakes.
Environment
Mar 22, 2021
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Project to block Asian carp from entering Lake Michigan moves forward
It's not good news for some of the most foreboding fish in Illinois swimming their way toward Lake Michigan.
Ecology
Feb 3, 2021
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'A long two days': Major storm pummels Northeast with snow
A sprawling, lumbering winter storm walloped the Eastern U.S. on Monday, shutting down coronavirus vaccination sites, closing schools and halting transit as snow piled up from the Appalachians to New England, with the heaviest ...
Environment
Feb 1, 2021
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Northern lakes at risk of losing ice cover permanently, impacting drinking water
Close to 5,700 lakes in the Northern Hemisphere may permanently lose ice cover this century, 179 of them in the next decade, at current greenhouse gas emissions, despite a possible polar vortex this year, researchers at York ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 13, 2021
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Deal reached on project to protect lakes from invasive fish
Michigan, Illinois and a federal agency have agreed on funding the next phase of an initiative to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes by strengthening defenses on a Chicago-area waterway, officials said Thursday.
Ecology
Jan 8, 2021
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Summer road trip finds small streams have big impacts on Great Lakes
In the summer of 2018, Rob Mooney, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Limnology, set out on an epic road trip around Lake Michigan. Mooney was no stranger to the drive. In fact, he had ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 26, 2020
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Chicago air is dirtier this July than smog-choked Los Angeles
After missing out on cleaner air during the coronavirus lockdown, the Chicago area just suffered its longest streak of high-pollution days in more than a decade.
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Jul 13, 2020
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Climate warming increases Asian carp threat to Lake Michigan by offsetting quagga mussel 'ecological
The ongoing warming of Lake Michigan increases its susceptibility to Asian carp, in part by reducing the capacity of quagga mussels to act as an ecological barrier against the voracious algae-eating fish, according to a new ...
Ecology
Jul 8, 2020
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Study reveals many Great Lakes state parks impacted by record-high water levels
Every summer millions of people visit parks and protected areas along the shorelines of the Great Lakes to camp, hike, swim and explore nature's beauty.
Environment
Jul 7, 2020
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NASA finds post-tropical depression Cristobal soaking the Great Lakes
NASA's GPM satellite gathered data on what is now Post-Tropical Cyclone Cristobal and revealed some areas of heavy rain were occurring. Cristobal was bringing rainfall and gusty winds to the Great Lakes Region and still generating ...
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Jun 10, 2020
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