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Residents in Webster, N.Y., looked out their window one morning and saw their duck pond was losing water. The stream that feeds it had run dry.
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Lake Michigan bluffs, in Mequon, Wis., are disappearing at an alarming rate and so are the beaches below them. Now, at least one coastal engineer says the problem could be headed toward Milwaukee, unless something is done to stem the tide.
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Western New York's waterfront is becoming usable again, inviting to both human and wildlife and acting as its own long-term economic stimulus, and it's all because of the RiverBend project, as part of the efforts to remake Buffalo.
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There are few better ways to enjoy northern Michigan on a clean October day than from the ramp of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules.
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According to the Great Lakes Information Network, Lake Ontario's water level is almost 23 centimetres below what it was at this time last year and is expected to drop another 15 centimetres during the seasonal decline.
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No young alewives equal no Chinook: even if simple, it remains the best explanation for the horrendous, Lake Michigan salmon returns in 2015.
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This is a goot time to watch turkey vultures migrate in a southwest direction along the North Shore of Lake Superior, in Minnesota.
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The marine archeologist who helped unearth the ruins of HMS General Hunter, a War of 1812 era ships, from the sands at Saugeen Shores, Ont., is pushing to have the ruins designated a national historic site.
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Friends of Times Beach Nature Preserve, an organization from Buffalo, N.Y., concerned about migrating birds, called for more study before the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. moves forward with a light show on the Connecting Terminal grain elevator.
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Multiple Ashland-area individuals and organizations are being honored by a statewide wetlands nonprofit organization known as the Wisconsin Wetlands Association for working to protect the Bad River watershed.
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The city of Flint, Mich., has locked into spending $2 million for a temporary connection to the Detroit water system after approval of a budget amendment. The unanimous decision is aimed at lowering lead levels in drinking water.
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An epic bike trip around Lake Superior inspired a new film that stars Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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Businesses and citizens across northern Michigan and beyond are calling for the governor and attorney general to shut down Line 5's oil flow in the Mackinac Straits. For many Michiganders, everything depends on oil-free Great Lakes.
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A new app from the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources will serve as a mobile version of their Coastal and River Access Guide. Developers hope the app will help people get out and explore Ohio's Lake Erie basin.
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Stain repellent and fire retardant chemicals that scientists know little about are increasingly showing up in herring gull eggs around the Great Lakes, spurring concern for potential health impacts.
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The city of Flint has locked into spending $2 million for a temporary connection to the Detroit water system after approval of a budget amendment Wednesday, Oct. 14, by Flint's Receivership Transition Advisory Board.
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An epic bike trip around Lake Superior inspired a new film that stars Michigan's Upper Peninsula. "Superior" is a coming of age story: At the height of the Vietnam War, two boys experience their last summer before adulthood together.
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Businesses and citizens across northern Michigan and beyond are calling for the governor and attorney general to shut down Line 5's oil flow in the Mackinac Straits. For many Michiganders, everything depends on oil-free Great Lakes.
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Developers hope the app will help people get out and explore Ohio's Lake Erie basin. The app will serve as a mobile version of ODNR's Coastal and River Access guide. It will use the phone's GPS to direct users to the nearest water access points.
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Stain repellent and fire retardant chemicals that scientists know little about are increasingly showing up in herring gull eggs around the Great Lakes, spurring concern for potential health impacts.
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A field trip to search for the rare, endangered Hine's emerald dragonfly with Great Lakes scientists offered an excellent learning opportunity for Rogers City, Mich., middle school students. Students learned about biology, life cycles, habitats, wetland ecology and Lake Huron biodiversity conservation.
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The Great Lakes Protection Act, passed by the Ontario representatives last week, and meant to increase protections of the Great Lakes and the waterways that flow into them, has the support of the Essex Region Conservation Authority.
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The Lake Erie yellow perch and walleye fishery0 based in Wheatley, Ont., is the fourth commercial freshwater fishery in the world -- and the largest -- to gain certification by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and the mark of its blue sustainable fishing label.
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Researchers at Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich., have come up with a novel use of harmful algal blooms, as a source of hard carbon that is required for Na-ion batteries.
Aquatic Sciences Chronicle
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The latest issue of the Aquatic Sciences Chronicle is now available online. The Chronicle delivers the latest news from the Aquatic Sciences Center, the administrative home of the Sea Grant and Water Resources institutes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This issue highlights groundwater contaminants, the St. Louis River Estuary, and more.
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