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Lake Michigan ice coverage may be nearing its peak as lake levels continue to drop

CHICAGO — Ice coverage may be nearing its peak throughout the Great Lakes in a season that has trended closer to average than originally forecast, as Lake Michigan’s water levels are expected to continue their decline well below the string of monthly record highs reached a few years ago.

Chicago Tribune

Toxic dumping grounds that still feed into Lake Michigan among the sites to benefit from ‘game-changing’ funding boost

Pollution hot spots including toxic dumping grounds that still feed into Lake Michigan are among the sites that stand to benefit from a $1 billion boost in funding for cleaning up the Great Lakes.

Chicago Tribune

Trump and two eldest children must testify in New York fraud investigation, judge rules – as it happened

Former president loses bid to avoid being questioned under oath about his family’s business activities – follow the day’s politics news

The Guardian - US

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Biden: Infrastructure plan gives $1B for Great Lakes cleanup

President Joe Biden's administration says the bipartisan infrastructure law will pump $1 billion into a Great Lakes restoration program

The Independent UK

Climate change hits the Great Lakes

Average maximum ice cover on the lakes has fallen 22 percent over the last 50 years

Salon

Most Great Lakes won't approach record highs in next 6 months, report finds

DETROIT — Most of the Great Lakes will remain above their long-term average water levels in the coming months but won't reach the record highs of recent years, Army Corps of Engineers hydrologists said in their latest forecast.

Tribune News Service

Most Great Lakes won't approach record highs in next six months, report finds

Most of the Great Lakes will remain above their long-term average water levels in the coming months but won't reach the record highs of recent years, Army Corps of Engineers hydrologists said in their latest forecast.

Tribune News Service

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Great Lakes students discover tropical starfish hundreds of kilometres from its usual range

A group of NSW high school marine science students were out snorkelling when they spotted something unusual. It turned out to be a tropical starfish species, hundreds of kilometres south of its usual range.

ABC News

Scientists race to gather winter data on warming Great Lakes

Winter is changing across the Great Lakes region, and scientists want to know what that will mean

The Independent UK

Army Corps Plans a "zone of chaos" to Protect Great Lakes from Asian Carp

The federal government is developing some unusual strategies to constrain this invasive species.

Reason

Long-sought Great Lakes projects get funding under new law

The Biden administration's new infrastructure package will pump more funding into two high-profile Great Lakes projects

The Independent UK

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