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U-M divers retrieve 8,900-year-old piece of wood from Lake Huron
Annarbor.com (12/12)
University of Michigan researchers announced they have found a 5 1/2 foot long, pole-shaped piece of wood that is 8,900 years old in Lake Huron.
Superior researchers studying invasives, ballast water
Ashland Current (2/9)
Determining how clean a ship's ballast water must be to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species is the goal of the latest research partnership between the Northeast-Midwest Institute and the Lake Superior Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
RIVERKEEPERS: Tending the waterways
Niagara Gazette (2/6)
The goal of the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper is two-fold: protecting the water quantity and the quality, as well as connecting people to the waterfront.
Internationally renowned ‘Ocean Doctor’ to speak in Grand Rapids
MLive.com (2/3)
Known as the “Ocean Doctor,” David Guggenheim will speak in Grand Rapids, Mich., about the many similarities between the threats to the oceans and to our Great Lakes.
SUNY Fredonia to lead Great Lakes pollution study
Wall Street Journal (2/3)
Plastic pollution in the Great Lakes will be the focus of a study this summer. Led by the State University of New York at Fredonia, researchers will try to quantify the amount of plastic polluting the fresh water Great Lakes.
SSC students taking part in marine science bowl
Arenac County Independent (1/31)
Teams of Michigan high school students will be heading to Ann Arbor this weekend to take part in the annual Great Lakes Bowl, a quiz event that focuses on questions about marine and freshwater systems and biology.
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Do the Great Lakes have whirlpools?
from Joshua in Dunrobin, Ontario, Age 11
Whirlpools are defined as water moving rapidly in a circle so as to produce a depression in the center into which floating objects may be drawn. A common whirlpool is seen when you pull the stopper on a sink to left water out and anything floating in the sink is drawn toward the drain.
Any body of water can have whirlpools of varying sizes...it simply depends on the movement of the water (or objects on the water) and weather conditions. For example, a brisk, swirling wind can cause small whirlpools on the lakes, just as a swirling wind can cause mini "dust funnels" to be stirred up on a dirt road. Also the waves produced by boats on the lakes can cause mini whirlpools to develop.
Thank you for your question!
Answered on April 6, 2001