Tag: Lake Superior
63 U.S. Representatives Write Letter for Great Lakes Funding
United States congressional representatives have appealed directly to the president that he provide $300 million to support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) in...
New President and CAO of Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Cities...
The Board of Directors of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (Cities Initiative) has announced that John Dickert will has been selected...
Great Lakes Mayors Troubled by U.S. Budget Cuts
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (Cities Initiative), a coalition of mayors from over 125 cities across the basin representing over 17...
Commission Makes Recommendations on Great Lakes Microplastic
The International Joint Commission (IJC) has a released a report and recommendations to the governments of Canada and the United States regarding microplastics in...
10,000 Tonnes of Plastic Enters the Great Lakes Yearly
Researchers from the Rochester Institute of Technology have used computer models to estimate the volume of plastic and microplastics entering the Great Lakes each...
Dioxin-like Chemical of Concern Mapped in Great Lakes
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have mapped the location of thousands of tons of polyhalogenated carbazoles (PHCZs), an emerging chemical of...
Computer Model Makes Great Lakes Climate 3-D
A computer model developed by researchers in the U.S. allows scientists to better capture the physical characteristics of the Great Lakes by fully resolving...
Curbing the Flow
Bordered by two countries, eight states, one province, and more than a hundred municipalities, the Great Lakes hold more than a fifth of the...
Parks Canada and Lakehead Join to Protect Lake Superior
Parks Canada and Lakehead University have signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration on research efforts aimed at better understanding the dynamics of Lake...
Thunder Bay Wins for Water Bars
The City of Thunder Bay, Ontario, a city that borders Lake Superior, is the recipient for the Most Innovative Conservation Method based on its...
