Africa’s Lost Mega Lake
Hints of lakeshore on hills around the White Nile River Valley have long led scientists to suspect the region was once home to a mega lake. The large freshwater lake[…]
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Research Summary: Lake Erie’s Ecological History as Recorded by Phytoplankton
Lake Erie’s water quality has fluctuated since European settlement due to cultural eutrophication and the effects of invasive species. Our attempts to understand the cause-and-effect linkages between observed ecosystem changes[…]
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Spaghetti-like Formations in Suolijärvi Lake
A boater has photographed spaghetti-like formations floating in a Finnish lake. And no one seems to know what they are. Vesa Kaloinen lives on the shore of Suolijärvi Lake in[…]
Upsides to Great Lakes Ice Cover
The Great Lakes saw rapid and thick ice formation during the recent cold plunge. The basin as a whole is seeing its highest levels of ice cover in 20 years.[…]
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