Tag: the great lakes
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Lasting Effects of the Polar Vortex on the Great Lakes
This winter was brutal. Polar vortex brutal. More than 90 percent of the Great Lakes in ice…
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International Panel Recommends Nutrient Diet to Battle Toxic Algal Blooms in Lake Erie
The International Joint Commission (IJC) released a report yesterday urging the states of Ohio and Michigan to declare the waters of the western Lake Erie basin impaired from nutrient pollution. The report, A Balanced Diet for Lake Erie: Reducing Phosphorus Loadings and Harmful Algal Blooms, and its 16 recommendations to help address the challenge of deteriorating…
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Confirmed: Band-Aid Approach Won’t Keep Asian Carp Out of Great Lakes
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has identified physically separating the Mississippi River and Great Lakes watersheds as the most effective way to prevent aquatic invasive species like Asian carp from moving between the two iconic waters. Conservation groups today responded to a congressionally mandated study released Monday that outlines eight ways to prevent the…
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Senators Question Enbridge Over Aging Tar Sands Pipeline Beneath Great Lakes
Oil giant Enbridge experienced a major backlash this week after three Democratic senators released a joint letter questioning the integrity of Enbridge’s expansion of a crude oil pipeline on the Straits of Mackinac. [caption id="attachment_315466" align="alignnone" width="500"] This National Wildlife Federation map simulates a 3, 6 and 12 hour spill from the aging tar sands…
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Great Lakes Ecosystems Threatened by Food Scarcity
Declines of the food resources that feed lake organisms are likely causing dramatic changes in the Great Lakes, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study. USGS scientists and partners found that since 1998, water clarity has been increasing in a majority of the Great Lakes, while phytoplankton (the microscopic water organisms that feed all…