Great Lakes Echo

Great Lakes Echo: Tracking Balloon Debris in Great Lakes
Great Lakes Echo

Tracking Balloon Debris in Great Lakes

New website tracks this. Balloons 32 times more likely to kill wildlife than hard plastics.

Great Lakes Echo: Coal Ash Pollutes Midwest States
Great Lakes Echo

Coal Ash Pollutes Midwest States

Most sites pollute groundwater; 6 are in Wisconsin, including We Energy’s Oak Creek plant.

Great Lakes Echo: Extreme Changes Forecast for Great Lakes
Great Lakes Echo

Extreme Changes Forecast for Great Lakes

Report shows Canada warming twice as fast as the world, driving Great Lakes water level, weather swings.

Great Lakes Echo: State’s Dead Deer Help Detect Disease
Great Lakes Echo

State’s Dead Deer Help Detect Disease

Data from Wisconsin’s deer used for early detection of Chronic Wasting Disease.

Great Lakes Echo: Milwaukee Is Great Lakes’ Greenest City
Great Lakes Echo

Milwaukee Is Great Lakes’ Greenest City

City ranks higher than any other in the region, new analysis finds.

Great Lakes: Climate Change Linked to Invasive Species
Great Lakes

Climate Change Linked to Invasive Species

Polls show residents more concerned about invasive species, but climate change helps invaders thrive.

Great Lakes Echo: The Return of the Elk
Great Lakes Echo

The Return of the Elk

How Wisconsin, Michigan have reintroduced and started hunting seasons for elk.

Great Lakes Echo: National Decline in Urban Tree Cover
Great Lakes Echo

National Decline in Urban Tree Cover

From 2009 to 2015 Wisconsin lost 1,320 acres a year of urban tree cover.

Great Lakes Echo: Lake Michigan Carpeted With Quagga Mussels
Great Lakes Echo

Lake Michigan Carpeted With Quagga Mussels

Search using GoPro cameras documents the problem.

Great Lakes Echo: Trump Threatens Great Lakes Funding
Great Lakes Echo

Trump Threatens Great Lakes Funding

Sea Grant had $20.6 million impact on Wisconsin, $66 million on nearby states in 2016.

Great Lakes Echo: Can Great Lakes Fungi Cure Cancer?
Great Lakes Echo

Can Great Lakes Fungi Cure Cancer?

460 species of fungi in bottom of Lake Michigan, other lakes, could have applications.

Great Lakes Echo: Perfect Weather Forecasts Possible?
Great Lakes Echo

Perfect Weather Forecasts Possible?

New towers on Lake Michigan, other Great Lakes, better predict lake-effect weather.