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Anglers are warned not to eat their catch from 98 Michigan waterbodies, up from 33 last year, after state officials revised their health guidance in light of growing evidence that PFAS is more toxic ...
Learn about UNHCR’s work in the East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region, including refugee and displacement data, programme plans, funding needs and our impact.
Canada has one of the world's largest forests. It's experiencing heat and drought. It's a recipe for wildfires — and for smoke in Michigan summers.
Heat waves and cold spells are part of life on the Great Lakes. But new research from the University of Michigan shows that ...
which brings climate change and water to the same table – tackling them as one. Healthy freshwater ecosystems – which comprise wetlands such as peatlands, lakes, groundwater aquifers and rivers – can ...
President Trump signed a memorandum to expedite measures preventing invasive Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. The memorandum urges Illinois to cooperate with the Brandon Road Lock and Dam ...
The Great Lakes has officially entered a new climate era, and the past is no longer a reliable guide for the future. That's the landmark finding in a new study by researchers at the University of ...
For example, lake-effect snow events will likely ... The new study adds to the growing record of how climate change is impacting the Great Lakes region.
Concerted action is becoming an urgent priority. The environmental impacts of climate change are broadly apparent. Climate change is altering the mean and variability of weather variables and sea ...
Peer-reviewed research out of the University of Michigan indicates that Great ... affected the lakes over the last 80 years and found they’ve intensified sharply in their strength, more than doubling.
The record also shows how global trends translate into local impacts. A future of alternating megadroughts ... The study blends painstaking fieldwork with a simple message: climate change does not ...