What's New on GLIN Public comment on the St. Clair River Report The International Joint Commission (IJC) is inviting public comment on the report of its International Upper Great Lakes Study Board entitled Impacts on Upper Great Lakes Water Levels: St. Clair River. The public comment period closes on April 9, 2010.
Tapping offshore wind The Environment Report (3/11) Offshore wind farms have the potential to create jobs in struggling states, but uncertainty in the permitting process continues to slow projects down.
Massive water crisis looming Standard Freeholder (3/11) Barring a huge worldwide reduction in fossil fuel use, global warming could pose massive environmental challenges on the St. Lawrence River ecosystem within 50 years or less.
Specialist: Asian carp potential problem Herald Times Reporter (3/11) DNA evidence suggests that there is a low abundance of Asian carp, if any, in Lake Michigan. A Wisconsin Sea Grant researcher says population numbers are an important factor in establishment.
Ice boom removal at least two weeks away The Buffalo News (3/10) Ice on Lake Erie "still has a long way to go" before it melts enough to remove the ice boom. The National Weather Service shows 50 percent of Lake Erie is still covered with ice.
Lake Huron sinkholes harbor unexpected life forms Bay View Compass (3/1) Sinkholes discovered in the bottom of Lake Huron have conditions just as harsh -- and harbor life forms just as unusual -- as those of deep-sea hydrothermal vents or Antarctica's permanently frozen lakes.