Restoring the Great Lakes: After 50 years of US-Canada joint efforts, some success and lots of unfinished business

Cleaning up the Great Lakes was a big job when the US and Canada undertook it in 1972. Today it’s far more challenging.

Daniel Macfarlane, Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainability, Western Michigan University • conversation
May 19, 2022 • ~10 min

Climate change threatens drinking water quality across the Great Lakes

Warmer waters, heavier storms and nutrient pollution are a triple threat to Great Lakes cities' drinking water. The solution: Cutting nutrient releases and installing systems to filter runoff.

Joseph D. Ortiz, Professor and Assistant Chair of Geology, Kent State University • conversation
April 29, 2020 • ~11 min

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