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IJC’s International Watersheds Initiative Helps Study Great Lakes Flooding and Ecosystems

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January 19, 2021

Developing sound recommendations for a shared a body of water is a lot like following a recipe: if you don’t know how ingredients will interact, the results can end up falling short of what you were expecting.

Assessing Progress: Climate change and algal blooms in Lake Superior

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January 19, 2021

“Just because Lake Superior is big doesn’t mean it can’t change ... in fact, it’s one of the fastest-changing lakes in the world,” according to Dr. Jay Austin, a professor at the University of Minnesota-Duluth Large Lakes Observatory.

Indigenous Organization Helps Prepare for Climate Change on Public Lands

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January 18, 2021

Long held up as the coldest and the cleanest of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior is nonetheless seeing the impacts of climate change.

A letter from Henry Lickers

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January 18, 2021

Canadian IJC Commissioner Henry Lickers authored this article for the fall 2020 edition of the Lakes Letter, a publication of the International Association for Great Lakes research. It’s reprinted here with permission. See also, the IJC’s series on Indigenous Knowledge.

The Sixth Great Lake is Under Your Feet

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January 18, 2021

It’s natural to stand on the shoreline of one of the Great Lakes and admire their vastness and majesty. But another abundant water resource in the basin is out of sight and rarely commands such appreciation.