A few years after record lows, Lakes Erie, St. Clair and Superior broke records for average water heights in May
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Opinion | Climate change drives shifts between high, low Great Lakes water levels
Great Lakes are in ‘uncharted territory,’ as climate change prompts sudden lurches in water levels, two University of Michigan professors write.
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Michigan environment roundup: Great Lakes water levels could break records
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Here's how your ideas could help save Lake Superior's Buffalo Reef
Michigan officials are mulling how to thwart millions of tons of mining waste threatening to smother Buffalo Reef, a vital spawning ground for lake trout and whitefish. Here’s your chance to offer feedback.
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Michigan, Great Lakes at risk for oil spills beyond Line 5, report says
As Michigan lawmakers race to create a deal to protect Line 5, a new report flags 15 areas across the Great Lakes where habitats are vulnerable to oil spills.
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Great Lakes drownings peaked in 2018. And the year’s not over.
A safety advocacy group has tracked 728 Great Lakes drownings since 2010, including 105 in the first 10 months of 2018.
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A slow-moving ‘disaster’ is threatening Lake Superior and way of life
The Buffalo Reef in the Keweenaw Peninsula teems with lake trout and whitefish. But a mountain of waste from a closed mine is slowly seeping into the water, prompting a desperate search for a solution.
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Lake Erie’s algae bloom is growing again after paralyzing Toledo water system
Fueled by farm runoff, harmful algal blooms continue to grow in Western Lake Erie, and climate change may make them even more intense. An expert explains the problem and how it could be addressed.
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Flooding, bacteria prompt mass beach closures throughout U.P., Michigan
A month after the catastrophic floods, advisories or closures remain in place at 17 beaches in Michigan’s Western Upper Peninsula where high levels of bacteria have been detected.
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How Michiganders made Grand Traverse Bay beaches cleaner
Beach closures are a big deal near Traverse City, which thrives on tourism. So a nonprofit made it its mission to reduce them