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Summer Survey, Septic Replacement, Baby Sturgeon For Friday, Aug. 8, 2025 1 – This month, the Lake Guardian began its annual summer water quality survey of the Great Lakes.  Lake Guardian annual survey sampling locations on the Great Lakes.…

This August, summer survey. Ongoing, septic replacement loan program. Aug. 22, baby sturgeon release. mrgreatlakes.com/2025/08/08/s...

Great Lakes Microplastics Summit The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy is proud to present the Great Lakes Microplastic Summit, a dynamic one-day, virtual event u...

Where Do Microplastics Go?
How Do We Detect Them?
What Are the Risks?
How Do They Interact?
A #GreatLakes #Microplastics Summit is Oct. 22
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Expanding the Use of Oil Detection Canines to Detect Oils Submerged Under Freshwater #IISD #HazMaTON
hazmaton.org/webinars/

Researchers studying why Michigan’s moose population isn’t growing | Great Lakes Echo By Rachel Lewis After the great “moose lifts” in the 1980s, researchers were confident Michigan’s moose population would continue to grow, with a projection that the population could reach numbers in ...

Winter ticks are not regular ticks. They stay attached to their host their entire lives. A study by #Cornell University found that some #moose have had over 100,000 ticks at a time. greatlakesecho.org/2025/07/30/r...

Study shows correlation between 'forever chemicals' and Type 2 diabetes | Great Lakes Now More PFAS news as more than 400,000 residents in Illinois grapple with elevated “forever chemicals” in their drinking water, and two investigations reveal the status of PFAS in Canada.

Results showed that every additional exposure to #PFAS correlated with a 31% increase in risk for developing Type 2 #diabetes. www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/07/stud...

The Ocean Cleanup and AWS Join Forces to Accelerate Ocean Plastic Removal using AI   | Press Release | The Ocean Cleanup The Ocean Cleanup announces collaboration with Amazon Web Services.

#AWS AI will accelerate & scale #TheOceanCleanup effort - enabling precise tracking of plastic accumulation & predictive modeling of debris movement - enhancing ability to detect, track, & remove ocean plastic while protecting marine life. theoceancleanup.com/press/press-...

Return of wolves to Yellowstone has led to a surge in aspen trees unseen for 80 years Gray wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park in 1995 to help control the numbers of elk that were eating young trees, and it is finally paying off for quaking aspen.

At their peak pop, an estimated 18,000 elk ranged across the park, chomping on grasses & shrubs as well as the leaves, twigs & bark of trees like quaking aspen. This stopped saplings from establishing themselves, & surveys in the 1990s found 0 aspen saplings

www.livescience.com/animals/land...

Dogs at the Beach, Whitefish on the Decline, Warming on the Rise For Friday, July 25, 2025 1 – When you’re at the beach, keep an eye on your dog.  Harmful algal blooms, also called HABs, pose a serious danger to dogs.  Photo by Veronika Andrews on Pex…

Dogs at the Beach,
Whitefish on the Decline,
Warming on the Rise
mrgreatlakes.com/2025/07/25/d...

The answer is Raindrop.io. You can download your Pocket data and then import it, easily.

The Prototype: The Cool Tech Hiding In Your Dentist’s Office In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a new company building automated construction equipment, a potential new class of virus-fighting compounds and more.

Music. Science. Stayin' Young: In a new study, it turns out that brain scans of older musicians show that they function more similarly to younger people than they do to older non-musicians. www.forbes.com/sites/alexkn...

Sea lamprey Great Lakes shipping

Where do sea lamprey go?

Mercury is still building up in Lake Huron’s food web.

Shipping on the Great Lakes needs more support.

mrgreatlakes.com/2025/07/18/l...

Snap a Critter, Squish a Lanternfly For Friday, June 27, 2025 1 – Lake Huron is expected to rise by an inch over the next month. That’s according to a water levels update from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Detroit.  …

Snap a Critter, Squish a Lanternfly
#GreatLakes #WaterLevels #InvasiveSpecies
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"Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites." — William Ruckelshaus
h/t @ecowatch.bsky.social

#Pocket is shutting down. Bummer. I keep all kinds of stuff here. Lots of #recipes mostly. Ideas for replacements/ways to import? support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fut...

The Edenville Dam damn lie that won't die Dam failure anniversary brings another barrage of misinformation seeded five years ago in the fertile ground of confirmation bias; dredges up Election 2020 memories

The Edenville Dam damn lie that won't die
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Conservation Grants, Stormwater Webinars, Beach Closures For Friday, June 20, 2025 1 – Local conservation and education efforts are getting a boost from the state.  The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has awarded gr…

Conservation Grants, Stormwater Webinar, Beach Closures

#MrGreatLakes

mrgreatlakes.com/2025/06/20/c...

Climate Change Reporting and Mental Health: Practical Tips for Newsrooms and Journalists In a recent Reuters Institute webinar, experts discussed the latest research into the impact of climate reporting on journalists' mental health.

Climate Change Reporting and Mental Health: Practical Tips for Newsrooms and Journalists

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Once in Dire Straits, Atlantic Sturgeon Are Staging a Comeback on the East Coast From Maine to Florida, the endangered, prehistoric fish is rebounding, but a recent study shows just how vulnerable the U.S. population remains

Once in Dire Straits, Atlantic Sturgeon Are Staging a Comeback on the East Coast

www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

Lamprey Control, Whitefish Grow, Summer Ice For Friday, June 13, 2025 1 – Sea lamprey control is planned for a Lake Huron tributary. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to apply lampricides to the Cass River in Tuscola and Saginaw…

Lamprey Control, Whitefish Grow, Summer Ice

mrgreatlakes.com/2025/06/13/l...

The Odyssey of Wilson A 450-year story of plastic, data, and the sea.

The Odyssey of Wilson is an interactive visualization of UNESCO data charting the centuries-long disintegration into #microplastics of a volleyball drifting across the ocean.
#NatureBeat
450yearsatsea.com

The Metcalf Institute is now on BlueSky!

Follow this space for public events and lectures, alumni and newsroom spotlights, program updates, and more #SciComm content! 🔬📰

Green Energy’s Role In A World Where AI Data Centers Are Power Hungry While renewables will serve as the backbone over time, the most optimal approach is to combine them with other fuels right now.

“… for the foreseeable future, we must integrate clean energy sources with natural gas to ensure reliability. While green power and nuclear energy will be the backbone over time, the most optimal approach is to combine them right now.”

Pregnant Heat, 27 Million Trees, Urban Conservation Climate change is making Michigan summers more dangerous for pregnant women, more than 27 million trees were planted across the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence region last year.

Pregnancy risks are rising with extreme temps in Michigan. One solution? 27 million trees.

www.deltabroadcasting.org/blogs/environment-report/pregnant-heat-27-million-trees-urban-conservation/

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Out of the Wild: How A.I. Is Transforming Conservation Science Artificial intelligence is being called a game changer for enabling scientists and conservationists to process vast troves of data collected remotely. But some warn its use could keep biologists from ...

Scientists say AI's burgeoning use in conservation field comes w/ drawbacks beyond enormous consumption of water & energy. Also concern that AI will perpetuate errors & biases by relying on Western academic expertise, excluding traditional & Indigenous knowledge e360.yale.edu/features/art...

The art of communication: Notes from a long-time environmental journalist by Tom Henry
In the latest #IAGLR Lakes Letter

Mapping the Flow: GIS Storytelling for Conservation 05/20/2025 @ 3:00 pm EDT - 4:00 pm EDT -

Mapping the Flow: GIS Storytelling for Conservation.
May 20
Discover how conservation organizations are harnessing the power of #ArcGIS #StoryMaps to amplify advocacy efforts and share inspiring stories of those working to protect our planet.

Come Again? How to Steer Scientist Sources Away from Jargon - The Open Notebook Navigating an interview with a scientist doesn’t just take prep and good interviewing skills. The hurdles can be psychological, too, requiring reporters to summon the nerve to interrupt and admit…

“admitting that you’re not understanding something is completely okay”—and often necessary, to do the job of journalism well. #amen #journalism #postjournalism #writing #editing #reporting #SciEd

www.theopennotebook.com/2025/05/13/c...

Recycling Rate Increase, Green Infrastructure Study, Global Energy Roundup For Friday, May 9, 2025 1 – Michigan’s recycling rate reached a new high for the fourth year in a row. Credit: Jason Pinaster The state’s environmental agency says the recycling rate for Fisc…

Michigan just hit a new high for recycling ♻️
Permeable pavement can cut storm runoff by 19% 🌧️
Solar power remains the fastest-growing energy source, 20 years and running ☀️
More here: mrgreatlakes.com/2025/05/09/r...

#Climate #Energy #GreatLakes