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Science Says What? Global worming and the Great Lakes (yes, you read that right)
- by Sharon OosthoekInvasion of the earthworms! It sounds like a bad Hollywood movie, but science can be stranger than fiction.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekWisconsin
Coastal erosion researcher appeals for help in finding her remote-control boat
- by Sharon OosthoekThe student was gathering the final data set for her Ph.D. when her small research boat stopped responding to the remote control.
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Asian CarpAuthorsFeature HomepageInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSharon Oosthoek
Science Says What? How eDNA research is evolving to create a new era in conservation
- by Sharon Oosthoek“When I started my Ph.D., we didn’t know of anyone who had even tried to look for variation within the nuclear genome in the context of eDNA sampling – we didn’t even know if it was possible.”
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Science Says What? How an airlift of wolves saved Isle Royale’s ecosystem and sparked a conservation controversy
- by Sharon OosthoekIt was a cascade of events that saw local conservationists take opposite sides over the extent of our responsibility to re-balance the island’s ecosystem in an era of human culpability.
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Science Says What? The weight of the world rests on a small Canadian lake
- by Sharon OosthoekA tiny lake just an hour’s drive from Toronto made headlines earlier this summer as the best place in the world to illustrate the dawn of a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene.
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Great Lakes microplastics concentrations exceed safe levels for wildlife
- by Sharon OosthoekAt the levels surveyed, researchers say fish and other aquatic wildlife are at risk of ingesting enough microplastics to fill their guts, diluting their regular food and its nutritional value.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Science Says What? Lessons learned from a deliberate dilbit spill
- by Sharon OosthoekWater flowed black and shiny, coating turtles and waterfowl with a smelly goo and transforming grasses and bushes along the banks from green to oily black.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipLake HuronLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchSharon Oosthoek
Science Says What? Bacteria in Lake Huron sinkhole do a daily tango
- by Sharon OosthoekHome to brilliant purple mats of cyanobacteria and white floating ponytail-like bacteria, the sinkholes have always struck me otherworldly, almost dreamy.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchSharon Oosthoek
Science Says What? Looking for love as northern forests heat up
- by Sharon OosthoekToday, southern flying squirrels are routinely found in Ontario’s Algonquin Park, roughly 62 miles (100 km) from their historic northern limit and solidly in the territory of a separate species of squirrel – northern flying squirrels.
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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicFeature HomepageHabitat RestorationHamiltonHistory and CultureLake OntarioLatest NewsNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin
Book Club: Celebrating environmental success stories in the Great Lakes
- by Sharon OosthoekWhile significant challenges remain, there is still much to celebrate.
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