| A recent collection of grants worth approximately $880,000 from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will pave the way for many Great Lakes programs and research... Read more Posted in News Leave a comment
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Research granted: Michigan organizations receive $880,000 in coastal funding
No new Great Lakes invasives since 2006
| There have been no new confirmed invasive species to enter the Great Lakes since 2006, thanks to a program requiring ships to change their ballast at sea... Read more Posted in News Leave a comment
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Trivia game to protect Wisconsin’s lakes
| Residents of Wisconsin now have information about their lakes in a media they won’t want to throw away – a trivia game... Read more Posted in News Leave a comment
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Mild winter could mean worse algal blooms
| Harmful algal blooms usually occur in late summer when water is warm and the weather is calm. But this winter’s mild temperatures mean that lakes are warming up more quickly than usual. That’s bad news for water quality in the Great Lakes and especially in Lake Erie, which had huge blooms in 2011... Read more |  |
Lake Titicaca under threat
| Lake Titicaca, lying on the border between Peru and Bolivia, is the largest alpine lake in the world. Bigger than the state of Delaware, the lake is slow to respond to human pressures because of its huge volume. However, long term human and environmental disturbances around it are now threatening the value of this unique.. Read more Posted in News Leave a comment
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