Nov 20
Governments might be phasing out the use of microbeads, but nothing but time will remove the problem from the environment. Phase in to this: Microbeads are tiny bits of plastic most often made of polyethylene. Found in face scrubs and toothpastes, they wash down the drain, slipping through filters into waterways…where they’re eaten by birds …
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Jul 28
Green lakes could mean less green for coastal tourism. . . Learn more: Lake Erie generates billions of dollars in tourism each year. So when a harmful algal bloom makes the lake unsafe for swimming or fishing, it’s bad for resorts like Lakeside Chautauqua. “We’ve got about a mile of shoreline on the ground, so we …
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Jul 24
Get the dirt on tiny, invasive mudsnails . . . learn more: New Zealand mudsnails have now been found twice in Wisconsin – most recently in Badger Mill Creek, near Madison. They’re the size of a corn kernel, but they can outcompete native species. In extreme cases… “We’ve seen densities of over 500,000 mud …
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Jul 27
Great Lakes states team up to protect water resources for the win—listen up: Let’s get together and…manage our region’s water In the late nineties, a company wanted to ship water from Lake Superior all the way to Asia. That got people in the Great Lakes thinking about the value of the abundance in our own …
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Feb 17
A plan for regulating the water levels in Lake Ontario may improve wetland health, but speed property erosion. Transcript of the Audio Podcast: Homeowner rights versus a healthy Lake Ontario ecosystem… on this CurrentCast. The Canadian and U.S. International Joint Commission sets Great Lakes Policy. For the last fifty years, they have regulated the …
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