Aug 15
—Brooke Kansier, Great Lakes Echo* It might not be as addictive as Candy Crush, but a new EPA app could have big implications for water management and the people who drink, swim or fish within the Great Lakes. The yet-unnamed app will detect blooms of cyanobacteria—a photosynthetic microbe often mistaken for algae and responsible for …
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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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Jul 25
From your spray bottle to our shared waters, common cleaning toxins can dirty up waterways big time—listen up: Household hazards, oh my! It all comes out in the wash with common household cleaners, according to Aislinn Gauchay, assistant director of the Shedd Aquarium’s sustainability program. The fact is, harsh cleaning chemicals as well as pesticides …
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Jun 11
—Morgan Linn, Great Lakes Echo* A robot designed by a maker in Toronto could soon be clearing up trash strewn across shorelines everywhere. Erin Kennedy is the founder of the project to design a robot to collect trash on rough shorelines that would otherwise be difficult to clean up. She used a 3D printer to print …
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Jun 04
—Josh Bender, Great Lakes Echo* Tourists traveling by ferry between northwest Michigan and Lake Michigan’s Beaver Island will be riding with some groundbreaking cargo this summer. The Beaver Island Boat Co.’s Emerald Isle ferry is fitted with equipment to detect changes in the temperature and chemistry of Lake Michigan, courtesy of researchers from Central Michigan …
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