Metro Times

The US and Canada have long managed the Great Lakes together. That era could be ending.

The Great Lakes provide drinking water for more than 30 million people across both sides of the U.S.-Canada border. Credit: Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco / Grist This story was originally published by ...
The Conversation

To truly understand the health of a lake, you must look well beyond its shoreline

Beatrix Beisner currently receives research funding from NSERC, FRQNT, Hydro-Québec and the Québec Ministry of Environment (MELCCFP) . She is Co-director of the Interuniversity Research Group in ...
The Conversation

Invasive species are reshaping aquatic ecosystems, one lake at a time

Anthony Ricciardi receives research funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and from the Bieler School of Environment (McGill University). He is a member of the ...
Science Daily

Warming waters and nutrient overload: A dangerous combination threatening our rivers and lakes

New international research found that food webs are becoming less complex in warmer, nutrient-rich waters. The effect of rising water temperatures on ecosystems is likely to interact with pre-existing ...

Forget tariffs, Trump may be targeting the Great Lakes and Canada’s freshwater next

Thomas Kierans was stopped by a reporter in St. John’s, Nfld., on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Regarded around town as ...
WBEZ

The U.S. and Canada have long managed the Great Lakes together. That could be ending.

At the Great Lakes Day summit, politicians and officials of all stripes gather in Washington, D.C., to demonstrate their commitment to the largest freshwater ecosystem on the planet. For years, ...