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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.
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.
No aquarium for Windsor
CBC News (1/31)
Aquariums in Cleveland, Toledo, and Chicago prove to be too much competition for Windsor.
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7 | Lake Ontario and its tributaries
Oswego River: With over 1.2 million people living in the basin area, point and nonpoint source pollution have impaired the river's beneficial use.
Rochester Embayment: PCBs and pesticides have contributed to the embayment's degraded state.
Eighteen Mile Creek: The creek, which discharges into Olcott Harbor, suffers from contaminated sediments and degradation of benthos.
Hamilton Harbour: Canals and in-filling of 25% of the original bay have eliminated 75% of the original wetlands, protected inlets and shallow areas.
Metro Toronto: With more than 3 million people in the watershed, the greatest pollution source is urbanization, such as combined sewer overflows and waste treatment plants.
Port Hope: The contamination of the harbor with heavy metals and PCBs, is the result of past waste management practices in the processing of uranium and radium during the 1930s and 1940s.
Bay of Quinte: Agricultural and urban runoff, sediments, sewage treatment plants, industrial discharges, combined sewer overflows, illegal sewer connections, shoreline development and atmospheric deposition are the bay's primary pollution sources.
