The White House and the U.S. Senate have changed hands, and the federal government may move in a new — and in some ways dramatically different — direction. What does the future look like for the Great Lakes with Joe Biden in the Oval office? The economy, the environment, the climate and our health hang in the balance.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/01/the-great-lakes-agenda-episode-1021/
Come aboard a boat that delivers mail to ships on the Great Lakes. Learn about life on a Great Lakes freighter, and dive into some incredible shipwrecks that you don’t necessarily need a scuba tank to see in the Great Lakes’ only national marine sanctuary.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/12/ships-and-shipwrecks-episode-1002-rebroadcast/
Lake levels rise, COVID’s in wastewater and invasive species weave new food webs.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/11/watching-the-waters-episode-1020/
Nature is both fragile and fearsome. In the Chicago River, fish populations have suffered since the river became a steel-lined channel, but can floating garden islands restore a more natural habitat? Our region offers spectacular night sky views, but will new satellites mar their beauty? And how are Great Lakes parks coping with COVID-19 and record-setting lake levels?
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/10/looking-up-and-out-episode-1019/
The health of the Great Lakes is inextricably linked to the health of the rivers that feed them. In northern Minnesota, one river faces environmental threats from a proposed mine. In Michigan, a second river is unleashed when aging hydroelectric dams are removed. In Indiana, a third river is protected from invasive Asian carp, which have infested rivers further south.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/09/river-influence-episode-1018/
Learn more about a little-known Chicago shipwreck that took more lives than the Titanic. Check-in on the Kalamazoo River’s wildlife 10 years after the Line 6B pipeline spilled over a million gallons of oil there, and find out if COVID-19 means no basketball tournament in 2020 for four Great Lakes island schools.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/08/recoveries-episode-1017/
Large-scale dairy and animal farms fuel the annual toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie — are regulation loopholes contributing? Record-high water levels are costing lakefront towns millions of dollars, and the Midland dam breach came after years of warning from regulators.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/07/water-damage-episode-1016/
The pandemic raises questions: As stay-at-home orders end around the Great Lakes, does Wisconsin’s experience opening businesses predict anything for other communities that depend on tourism? How are researchers, reef restorers and hydroponic farms reacting to the pandemic? Plus, with an increase in use of personal wipes, will there be more fatbergs growing in our sewer systems?
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/06/unlocking-the-lakes-episode-1015/
Produced fully during the COVID-19 pandemic, this episode of Great Lakes Now checks in with people, businesses and institutions from previous episodes to see how work has changed during the public health emergency and its economic fallout. But while social distancing keeps people inside, it lets the residents of some Great Lakes aquariums get out.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/05/lakes-on-lockdown-episode-1014/
Rebuilding Chicago’s iconic lakefront, managing Buffalo’s rainwater and sewage, and tracking the annual algal blooms in Lake Erie are all part of the Great Lakes region’s effort to manage the impacts of climate change. This month, Great Lakes Now takes you to meet the citizens, city leaders and scientists who are working on these issues.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/04/from-rust-to-resilience-episode-1013/
This year’s warm winter boosted ice-fishing tourism in one part of the Great Lakes while potentially spelling disaster for businesses depending on colder weather. Catch up with the communities in our documentary “The Forever Chemicals,” and learn what Great Lakes states and provinces are doing to fight PFAS contamination.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/03/warmup-cleanup-episode-12/
