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Artículos sobre Great Lakes
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A scholar works to document a dialect of the Ojibwe language that was spoken by his grandmother in the Great Lakes region.
The Peach Blossom Jellyfish is an invasive species in Canada, and a lack of data is hampering efforts to control populations.
According to a new UN report, invasive species do more than US$423 billion in damage worldwide every year. Four articles explore examples, from mollusks to poisonous fish.
Even ‘climate havens’ face a riskier future, and infrastructure often isn’t built to handle climate change. But there are steps cities can take to prepare.
A pipeline that has carried Canadian oil and gas across Wisconsin and Michigan for 70 years has become a symbol of fossil fuel politics and a test of local regulatory power.
Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot passed away on May 1. His legacy includes songs that memorialize tragic shipping disasters and the 1968 Detroit Uprising.
Snowstorms that sweep across the Great Lakes can dump several feet of snow on the other side. A climate scientists explains why.
Ballast water release from ocean vessels has been a major source of invasive species in the Great Lakes for over 60 years.
Wetlands can help limit the spread of the voracious round goby, an invasive species that has infiltrated the Great Lakes and has become widespread in the St. Lawrence River.
Zebra and quagga mussels entered the Great Lakes in large ships’ ballast water. Now, local boaters and anglers are spreading them into the southern and western US.
Climate change is causing the deep waters in parts of the St. Lawrence River to lose their oxygen, and it’s damaging the health of the ecosystem.
Rough surf and nearshore currents lead to about 50 drowning fatalities annually in the Great Lakes.
Cleaning up the Great Lakes was a big job when the US and Canada undertook it in 1972. Today it’s far more challenging.
The deal undermines every human being’s right to seek asylum and commitments enshrined in the Refugee Convention.
Lakes in the northern hemisphere are rapidly losing their ice cover due to rising greenhouse gas emissions. The only way to preserve lake ice is to limit GHG emissions and slow down climate change.
Shoreline communities are already faltering under the weight of billions of dollars in damages — and worrying that climate change will continue to make things even worse.
Some of the worst risks of earthquakes are in a zone running from the Great Lakes to the St. Lawrence River that includes major cities like Toronto, Ottawa and Québec City.
Some of the most powerful offshore wind is over water too deep for a standard wind turbine. Engineers found a way around the problem.
In Canada, watersheds are vast and often inaccessible, making it difficult to monitor the health of these ecosystems. A new tool helps communities collect data to assess the state of Canada’s rivers.
Principales colaboradores
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Executive Director and Professor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor
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Chair, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Architecture, University at Buffalo
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Visiting Scholar, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor
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Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainability, Western Michigan University
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Assistant Professor in Anishinaabe Studies, Algoma University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecohydrology Research Group, University of Waterloo
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Professor of Hydrogeology, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo
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Senior Research Fellow in Aquatic Ecology, Charles Darwin University
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PhD candidate in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Boise State University
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Professor of Biology, University of Dayton
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Director and Founder, Center for Social Solutions, Professor of History, Afroamerican and African Studies, and public policy, University of Michigan
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Researcher at the Center for Social Solutions, University of Michigan
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Data Scientist at the Center for Social Solutions, University of Michigan
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PhD Student in Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo
