| Water levels in Lakes Huron and Michigan have risen due to heavy snow and rainfall. However, they remain below historic levels. Both lakes are two centimeters higher than they were in 2010, but 34 centimeters lower than typical summer averages, Chuck Southam, Environment Canada water level expert, told the Owen Sound Sun Times. Southam.. Read more Posted in Lake Physics, Uncategorized Also tagged Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, level, water level Leave a comment
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Tag Archives: Great Lakes
Despite lake level increases, anxiety lingers
Great Lakes round gobies a mixed blessing
| For all the trouble they bring, it turns out the invasive round goby might also be doing the Great Lakes a small service. In addition to being a valuable food source for numerous sport fish, the small bottom feeder also has an appetite for another, more notorious Great Lakes invader — the zebra mussel. “When.. Read more |  |
Solutions sought to eliminate open-lake dumping in Lake Erie
| Environmental leaders, Great Lakes governors, and fishery biologists joined last Thursday to discuss terminating open-lake dumping in Lake Erie of substances found in Toledo’s shipping channel. Alternative options discussed for disposing of the sediment included using it to cover landfills, fill in closed mines, or add layers to.. Read more Posted in Lake Chemistry, Lake Physics, Water Quality Also tagged dredging, Lake Erie, Ohio, open-lake dumping, Toledo 1 Comment
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Quagga and zebra mussels unsettle Great Lakes’ ecosystems
| Tiny zebra and quagga mussels are making big trouble for Great Lakes ecosystems. The invading mussels first arrived in the late ’80s and mid ‘90s respectively as stowaways on European freighters. Two decades later, the shellfish have drastically changed the environments of the Great Lakes. The zebra mussels are more familiar.. Read more Posted in Lake Biology Also tagged invasive species, quagga mussels, research, zebra mussels Leave a comment
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Wisconsin governor stalls water regulation reform
| Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has delayed the implementation of new water rules for two years as part of his two-year budget plan. According to the Green Bay Press Gazette, the new regulation was voted on last year and would obligate communities to decrease their levels of sediment runoff by 40 percent in the next two.. Read more Posted in Lake Chemistry, Water Quality Also tagged Lake Michigan, phosphorus, water regulation, Wisconsin Leave a comment
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