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Cleanups planned for Coastweeks
The News-Messenger (9/2)
Ohio's 2008 Coastweeks observance will again focus on the preservation and protection of Lake Erie and its watershed through a variety of cleanup events along the shoreline and throughout its watershed.
Maritime Academy may hike maritime tuition up to 57%
Traverse City Record-Eagle (8/27)
Some of next year's students at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy could face tuition rate hikes of 50 percent or more.
Students build wind turbines
WTVG-TV Toledo (8/27)
Science students at Clay high school will soon have a way to measure the wind and how much power it can produce. This grant-funded project will provide data on how well turbines produce power in the changeable wind environment near the lake.
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What are the effects of water pollution in the Great Lakes?
from Ben in Plymouth, MI, Age 14
Unfortunately, there are many effects of water pollution in the Great Lakes. Many people and companies have dumped trash and waste products into the Great Lakes either accidentally and intentionally. These pollutants are often carried away by the current, but they do not disappear.
Some effects of water pollution include the following:
- Deformities of fish, birds, and other wildlife, sometimes leading to fish consumption advisories and even to complete loss of fish and wildlife habitat
- Taste and color differences in lake water, which can lead to restrictions placed on drinking water and swimming (beach closings)
- Raised and new added costs to agriculture and industry for clean-ups and other extra efforts
- Death of beneficial microscopic organisms and the over-production of undesirable algae as well as degradation of the lake bottom, which serves as a home for many types of organisms
Related references:
TEACH: Areas of Concern
Thank you for your question!
Answered on May 17, 2001