Lake Champlain is more than 16 times smaller than Lake Ontario, the smallest Great Lake. But in 1998, Congress designated Lake Champlain as the sixth Great Lake, teeing off a historical and cultural fight over which lakes can really call themselves Great.
London Free Press
Experts say conditions this year have been ideal in the London area for the glowing beetles to thrive.
Great Lakes Commission
A barge that twice sank in Lake Michigan and sparked environmental concerns has now been moved to a legally authorized site. Read the full story by Huron Daily Tribune.
The Lucknow Sentinel
arlier this spring, a cleanup of the Goderich shoreline had nearly 150 volunteers remove 270 pounds of garbage.
London Free Press
The Children’s Environmental Health Clinic Ontario is the only pediatric environmental health clinic in the province
London Free Press
Cooling accounts for a staggering one-fifth of global electricity consumption, much of it still dependent on greenhouse gases
London Free Press
Our relationship to oceans and the sharks in them changed after Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster movie Jaws was released 50 years ago
London Free Press
After far-off wildfires drove air quality in the region into high-risk territory last week, a Southwestern Ontario health unit has extended a special air quality statement.
London Free Press
Londoners were warned to limit time outdoors on Friday as smoke from far-off wildfires drove the region’s air quality into high-risk territory.
The Lucknow Sentinel
HURON – Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a special air quality statement as smoke from wildfires in the west begins clouding the Huron County area. The June 5 statement encompasses southern Huron County, Bluewater, Goderich, northern Huron County, Wingham and Blyth. According to a press release from Huron Perth public health, wildfire smoke […]
Interlochen Public Radio
Each summer, Lake Erie is plagued by toxic cyanobacterial blooms fed by phosphorus runoff from farm fields. Michigan is struggling to reduce the pollution by 40%.