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Northland College student Andy Kasun stands with his winning academic poster

Burke Center Student Researchers Take Top Prizes

Kasun and Ulman Showcase Freshwater Research at AGU

…with a degree in water science and an emphasis in water resources and will be applying to graduate schools. Ulman presented her research and poster on quantifying the distribution of phosphorus fractions in the sediment of Chequamegon Bay in Lake Superior. She worked with Hudson, Ullman, Environmental Chemist Chris McNerney,…

Four Northland College students sit in a boat with survey equipment

The Life Aquatic of the Penokee Hills

Students Survey Fish Populations

…She became interested in fish communities and their food web connections after conducting water surveys in the Penokee Hills. The lakes are close in proximity, only a mile apart as the crow flies in spots but connected sometimes by thirty miles of stream. With so much water flowing she hypothesized…

Lake Superior and beach

Geologic Perspectives on Climate Change

…geologic setting for the refreshing artesian-well water that I sip from my water bottle. The field of geology provides a unique perspective on climate change. Rocks, sediments (i.e. really small rocks) and ice (i.e. melt-able “rocks”) tell stories about past climate conditions on earth. There have been cold times and…

Pebble beach

Great Lakes governors to decide Waukesha water proposal

By Aaron Selbig, Interlochen Public Radio The city of Waukesha, Wisconsin has high levels of radium in its water supply. The city hopes to solve the problem by taking water out of Lake Michigan. Waukesha is in a county that straddles the Great Lakes basin and under the Great Lakes…

student with water samples

Student Research Opportunities

…We take our location next to the largest freshwater lake in the world seriously. Through our laboratory, field research, and communications, we provide paid graduate level opportunities for undergraduates. Our student researchers, analyze, and communicate freshwater science—including climate change, toxic chemicals, Great Lakes policy, water quality, and water scarcity.  …

A view from Grand Island

Ensia: Can the Great Lakes Continue to Fend Off An Increasingly Thirsty World

A 2008 interstate compact prevents distant dry places from siphoning off Great Lakes water. But will the agreement hold up in the face of growing demand?

…is anything in nature that will withstand the passing of time, this inland ocean would seem a likely candidate. Peter Annin knows better. The author of The Great Lakes Water Wars, which examines the fight to protect the lakes from an encroaching and increasingly water-starved world, has stood in the…

Peter Annin, Great Lakes Water Wars, Lake Superior

Annin Book Tour Scheduled

The Great Lakes Water Wars, Second Edition

Island Press will release the second edition of Peter Annin’s The Great Lakes Water Wars later this fall. The Great Lakes Water Wars, originally released in 2006, is considered the definitive work on the Great Lakes water diversion controversy. In this new and expanded edition of the book, Annin explores…

Artesian

Great Lakes Officials Scale Back Waukesha Water Diversion Plan

REBECCA KRUTH, Michigan Radio Representatives from the Great Lakes and Canada met last week to consider a Wisconsin city’s request to pump water from Lake Michigan. The groundwater in Waukesha is contaminated with radium, so the city wants to draw about 10 million gallons of water from Lake Michigan daily….

Randy Lehr and Peter Annin stand together outside the Alvord Theatre at Northland College.

Burke Center Officially Launches

Annin, Lehr address crowd of 100 A highlight of the Northland College Fall Festival weekend of events took place Friday at the Alvord theater as some 100 people attended the opening of the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation, a center devoted to freshwater science, environmental literacy, communication and…