[dailynews] May 29, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: May 29, 2012
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Canada pledges $17.5 million in Asian carp fight
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Canada said Monday it will devote $17.5 million to protecting the Great Lakes from Asian carp, including development of an early warning system with U.S. agencies so authorities can react quickly if the invasive species is detected. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/29)


Water-monitoring robofish almost ready to patrol Great Lakes
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A big hurdle is keeping the prototype affordable. Tan hopes to fit each fish with sensors that monitor harmful algae blooms, oxygen levels, water temperature and pollutants. But the large size and high price of each sensor has made progress difficult. Source: Great Lakes Echo (5/29)


Without clean water we are nothing
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Ironically, this week's break in one of the pipelines that supplies London's water showed how we're one of the most water-secure places on the planet. No one knows that better than the region's growing food-processing sector. Source: London Free Press (5/29)


Middle of Lake Michigan an untapped reservoir of wind energy
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The winds of Lake Michigan - and the rest of the Great Lakes - are an untapped reservoir of renewable energy, according to a project which recently monitored the wind over the Lakes at the height of commercial turbines. Source: Clean Technica (5/28)


Warmup could bring Superior swimming
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The lake, often numbingly cold even in midsummer, is running warm this spring after a warm winter and lack of ice cover, said Jay Austin, a University of Minnesota Duluth lake researcher. Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune (5/28)


Buoy on Lake Erie marks 148-year-old shipwreck near Cleveland
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The buoy will make it easier for recreational divers to explore the ship and will protect a significant historical artifact for future generations. Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/27)


Cruising season gets going on the Great Lakes
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Motoring through the lakes on ships that carry as few as 80 berths has emerged as a viable industry in part because of international marketing of the vistas, natural flora and fauna, and city stops that appeal to the more mature traveler, tourism experts say. Source: Detroit News (5/26)


New advice for rip current escape may help Great Lakes swimmers this summer
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Swimmers unable to swim out of the rip current are advised to float or calmly tread water until out of the current, then swim toward shore. Source: Kalamazoo Gazette (5/26)


COMMENTARY: Best idea for Waukesha remains Lake Michigan water
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The in-depth analysis of the water supply alternatives has shown that using Great Lakes water, and recycling it back to the Great Lakes after use and treatment, is the only reasonable alternative. It is also the most protective of water resources, the environment and public health, as well as being the most affordable. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/26)


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