Tag: Great Lakes

• 

  SOM Architects Call for a 100 Year Vision for the Great Lakes

  The availability and quality of fresh water to sustain a radically urbanizing world is unquestionably a core issue of our time and requires holistic environmental thinking at an unprecedented scale

• 

  Too Far? New Plan to Separate Basins, Stop Asian Carp, Costs Billions (Video)

  Great Lakes residents would be paying this off for 47 years ... but reaping the benefits for just as long.

• 

  New Flame Retardants as Bad as Old Flame Retardants

  Flame retardants build up in the DNA of Great Lakes fish. Not cool.

• 

  Invasive? Bloody Red Shrimp Are Supper for Great Lakes Fish

  Bloody red shrimp are invasive, but yummy for some native Great Lakes fish. A first-time find by Canadian researchers.

• 

  Toxic Algae Bloom in Lake Erie Worst in Decades

  Blooming Lake Erie. Photo Credit: NASA EO Pure Michigan is a slogan used in the Great Lakes State, to bring in tourists and celebrate the beauty of nature. You probably won't be seeing these images in any Pure Michigan ad campaign. They're of algae,

• 

  Feds Hiring Unemployed for Great Lakes Cleanup

  Who says we have to choose between jobs and the environment? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is starting a sort of Public Works program for the Great Lakes --- prioritizing funding for restoration projects that put the

• 

  It's Not Just Asian Carp: U.S. Identifies 40 High-Risk Species

  Concerned about Asian carp? Meet the invasive cousins, you might say, of the monster fish. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a white paper on 40 high-risk species to watch out for,

• 

  Ontario Reacts to Live Asian Carp Spilled in River

  This was an actual test. But only a test. Like those emergency tones you hear on your TV when a storm is approaching. Officials in Ontario, Canada, think the possibility of a live Asian carp invasion via truck is real. People

• 

  Sword-Swinging Ninjas On Skis Go After Asian Carp (Video)

  Asian carp, meet your worst nightmare. Not poison. Not an electric barrier, or a predator from your native land. No, this is good ol' American ingenuity. With a touch of Ted Nugent, or maybe Chuck Norris. People dressed in spiked body armor with

• 

  Asian Carp Almost Migrate from U.S. to Canada, in a Big Truck

  How will invasive Asian carp enter the Great Lakes? Via the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, maybe another flood? They almost made it via a semi-tractor trailer crossing the Ambassador Bridge from the U.S. to Canada. The

• 

  Whales Burp Plastic in the Great Lakes

  Just what the Great Lakes needs, more aquatic invasives. We're worrying about Asian carp and now we have whales? Whales in the Great Lakes, on Lake Superior? Well, "whale burps" have been found

• 

  Asian Carp Study Largest Since Reversal of Chicago River

  This $2 million project, funded mostly with private money, is billed as the most comprehensive look at the Chicago waterway system since the reversal of the Chicago River more than 100 years ago. This

• 

  Pesticidal Proteins (Bt) From GM Corn Plants Are Now Common In Midwest Streams

  Common sense tells us that, following corn harvest, fragments of corn cobs, leaves, stalks, silk, and pollen may be blown by the wind or carried across the land

• 

  Illinois Spending $2M to Ship Asian Carp Back to China

  If you can't beat 'em, ship 'em. The state of Illinois is spending $2 million to ship invasive Asian carp back to China, where they're considered a delicacy. In Illinois, and the Great Lakes region, they're

• 

  U.S. Asian Carp Czar Says Poison, Genetic Engineering Among Solutions

  The Obama administration loves its czars almost as much as the media loves using the title. So here goes: The U.S. Asian Carp Czar, also known as John Goss, says he has a multi-pronged strategy to help keep Asian carp from

• 

  'Big UP Deal' Protects 271,000 Acres in Michigan

  The Nature Conservancy has finally closed on a "Big UP Deal" that took 10 years and $58 million, and will protect and limit development on 271,000 acres in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. If

• 

  Walleye Bones Can 'Hear' the Sound of Overfishing

  A university study on Lake Erie walleye may help scientists spot rivers that are at risk of overfishing. Researchers at Ohio State analyzed chemicals found in walleye ear bones, and were able to figure out which fish returned to

• 

  NASA Says Moon May Have More Water than the Great Lakes

  The North American Great Lakes have some competition. digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/06/nasa-says-moon-may-have-more-water-than-great-lakes.php'; The moon. Yes, that old thing in the sky may hold more than all