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Strategic plan targets invasive species
The Superior Daily Telegram (11/17)
Douglas County’s Land Conservation Committee is forwarding a plan to the county board that takes aim at invasive species.
Mich. Clean Marina Program: Public-private partners work together to improve water quality
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/9)
Partners from the public and private sector in Michigan are working together in a voluntary program to improve the quality of the Great Lakes.
Researchers seek funding for wind test site in Lake Michigan
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/7)
In a recent article in The Muskegon Chronicle, it was reported that researchers at Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) cited a lack of year-around data (on wind platform testing) needed by prospective development companies.
COMMENTARY: Senate needs to pass clean energy act to help Michigan
The Grand Rapids Press (10/26)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was absolutely correct with his recent proclamation about the current condition of the Great Lakes State: "The State of Michigan," Reid declared from the Senate Floor, with a copy Time Magazine in his hand, "is in trouble."
First Nation women 'walk the environmental talk'
WeNews (10/23)
Tomorrow's global day of climate activism aims for media and political attention. First Nation women have another way. Since 2003, they've walked the shoreline of a Great Lake or major river, meditating on the needs of an unborn generation.
City making big push for water school
The Business Journal (10/23)
The push is on to convince the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that the best location for its new School of Freshwater Sciences is near the university’s existing Great Lakes Water Institute on East Greenfield Avenue.
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Is Lake Superior the largest lake in the world?
from Dulce in Denver, Colorado
Lakes are measured in many different ways, such as in volume and surface area. For example, a shallow lake can have a large surface area but a small volume.
In terms of surface area, Lake Superior is the second largest lake in the world and the first largest freshwater lake in the world! The saltwater Caspian Sea is the world's largest lake in surface area. (A lake is any body of water surrounded by land and very large lakes are sometimes called seas.)
In terms of volume, however, Lake Baikal, located in Siberia, Russia, is the largest freshwater lake in the world. Lake Baikal's volume is 23,600 cubed km compared to Lake Superior's volume of 12,100 cubed km. Lake Baikal holds approximately 20% of the Earth's freshwater -- the same amount as the all five Great Lakes combined!
Go to the Great Lakes Facts & Figures page for more statistics on the Great Lakes.
Thank you for your question!
Answered on October 16, 2000