You can make noise about Asian carp and excess algae this month.
Harmful Algal Blooms
Changes can hit the Great Lakes as quickly as a pollutant accidentally entering a river or as slowly as the decades-long transformation brought about by invasive zebra and quagga mussels.
A new tool in development should help water treatment plants in communities along Lake Erie prepare for when dead zones reach their shores.
In the summer of 2016, I took cameras everywhere as I travelled the Ottawa River to complete fieldwork for my anthropology master’s degree from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario.
Water condition forecasts developed by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) and University of Michigan’s Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) could help recreational anglers, charter boat businesses…
The International Joint Commission’s (IJC) Great Lakes Water Quality Board is investigating current issues and trying to anticipate future problems when it comes to nutrients, the decommissioning of nuclear power facilities, protecting wetlands, and minimizing the impacts from flame retardants as…
Though progress has been made to restore and protect the ecological condition of the Great Lakes, the impacts of excess nutrients and invasive species continue to affect the region, according to a new 2017 State of the Great Lakes Highlights report from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)…
The Great Lakes-St Lawrence region plays a pivotal role in the economies of Canada and the United States.
“Cyanotoxins: Stay Away from Green Water” arrives just in time for the start of the Great Lakes beach season.
Huge algal bloom fossils appear in rocks that are 3 billion years old. These organisms survived when other life couldn’t, and helped to form our atmosphere. Today, similar blooms are visible from outer space.