The Great Lakes from Space. Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are essentially one large body of water, connected at the Straits of Mackinac. The St. Clair River drains these upper lakes into Lake Ontario. Photo: SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
How much water do the Great Lakes need? As much as they can hold on to. Read more »
- Pipeline to channels Lake Erie water to grow tomatoes in Ontario. The Windsor Star
Photo: Kentucky Division of Water
Nothing like paying for something you can get for free. Read more »
- Spirogyra–a musical group or…a beach-mucking algae in Lake Huron. Chicago Tribune
- New Berlin, Wisconsin tests the new Great Lakes Compact. The Isthmus
- Ballast water transfers are a major source of exotic invasive species in the Great Lakes. Photo: USGS
Most residents of the Great Lakes Basin have heard of the trouble caused by exotic invaders like the zebra mussel. Many of these expensive and destructive pests made their way into the Great Lakes in the ballast water of ocean-going ships. Treating this ballast water to kill aquatic hitchhikers is one solution to preventing further alien invasions. Read more »
- Opinion–The real blue v.s. red. Water scarcity may pit wet states against dry states. Duluth News Tribune
- Lake Michigan water levels are still down by a foot and demand continues to increase for Great Lakes water. Schaumburg Review
