#greatlakes — Public Fediverse posts
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“New research suggests these ancient-looking, armoured fish may live far longer than scientists previously thought — in some cases, more than 400 years.”
#Sturgeon #Canada #GreatLakes
#Science
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https://www.europesays.com/people/215244/ Trump Launches Lake America Merchandise #"LakeAmerica" #canada #DonaldTrump #EricTrump #GreatLakes #LakeOntario #LakeOntarioRename #Merchandise #Trump #UnitedStates
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Sunset in Grand Haven, Michigan, 3 September, 2026. Photo by Mike Borstler.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
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With the North Pier Light in the foreground, the Michipicoten arrives in Duluth the morning of 29 August, 2019. Photo by Jane Herrick.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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With the North Pier Light in the foreground, the Michipicoten arrives in Duluth the morning of 29 August, 2019. Photo by Jane Herrick.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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With the North Pier Light in the foreground, the Michipicoten arrives in Duluth the morning of 29 August, 2019. Photo by Jane Herrick.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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With the North Pier Light in the foreground, the Michipicoten arrives in Duluth the morning of 29 August, 2019. Photo by Jane Herrick.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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With the North Pier Light in the foreground, the Michipicoten arrives in Duluth the morning of 29 August, 2019. Photo by Jane Herrick.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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Morning sighting of the “saltie” Federal Seto, registered in the Marshall Islands, at the Duluth port terminal, 28 August, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
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Morning sighting of the “saltie” Federal Seto, registered in the Marshall Islands, at the Duluth port terminal, 28 August, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
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Morning sighting of the “saltie” Federal Seto, registered in the Marshall Islands, at the Duluth port terminal, 28 August, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
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Morning sighting of the “saltie” Federal Seto, registered in the Marshall Islands, at the Duluth port terminal, 28 August, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
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Morning sighting of the “saltie” Federal Seto, registered in the Marshall Islands, at the Duluth port terminal, 28 August, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
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Passengers aboard the tour boat Vista Star enjoy a close encounter with the outbound James L. Oberstar in Duluth, 21 August, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior“The Oberstar had unloaded limestone and was headed empty to Marquette to load ore.” - David Schauer
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Passengers aboard the tour boat Vista Star enjoy a close encounter with the outbound James L. Oberstar in Duluth, 21 August, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior“The Oberstar had unloaded limestone and was headed empty to Marquette to load ore.” - David Schauer
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Passengers aboard the tour boat Vista Star enjoy a close encounter with the outbound James L. Oberstar in Duluth, 21 August, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior“The Oberstar had unloaded limestone and was headed empty to Marquette to load ore.” - David Schauer
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Passengers aboard the tour boat Vista Star enjoy a close encounter with the outbound James L. Oberstar in Duluth, 21 August, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior“The Oberstar had unloaded limestone and was headed empty to Marquette to load ore.” - David Schauer
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Passengers aboard the tour boat Vista Star enjoy a close encounter with the outbound James L. Oberstar in Duluth, 21 August, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior“The Oberstar had unloaded limestone and was headed empty to Marquette to load ore.” - David Schauer
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The 1,000 foot long American Spirit plays the role of “wedding crasher” as it cruises by in the background in Sault Saint Marie, Michigan, 15 August, 2026. Photographer unknown.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeHuron
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The John G. Munson sails past the south breakwater outer lighthouse as it enters the Duluth shipping canal, 6 August, 2026. Photo by yours truly.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
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#ducks in the water!
#Michigan is on one of the largest waterfowl flyways in the world! The #GreatLakes bay contains the largest freshwater wetland in the United States
Thats why we chose our ducks, cold hardy and ready for water. 💧 Our #homestead is raising waterfowl chosen for its local resilience. We spend less #energy on heating, #water for gardening ((((just south of the #land of lakes ))))) #permaculture #RegenAg #solarpunk #ducklings #summer #bigwater
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A week after I was in Duluth and the Munson arrived and then left town it’s back again; morning arrival in Duluth of the American Mariner passing the John G. Munson at the fuel dock, 14 August, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
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Lifeboats from the doomed Great Lakes freighter Edmund Fitzgerald at the museum ship Valley Camp in Sault St. Marie, Michigan. Photos by Kristin Gall.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior“The Fitzgerald had two lifeboats, number 1&2. One was recovered 12 miles from the wreck site washed ashore in Ontario, complete but badly damaged. The other was torn completely in half and spotted floating by the Arthur M. Anderson the day after the sinking on November 11th.” - Kristin Gall
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Morning arrival in Duluth of the Joseph L. Block under a smokey sky, 10 August, 2018. Photo by Jeff Doty.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
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The Great Republic departs Duluth into the rising sun on its way to Marquette for a load of ore, 12 August, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
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Registered in Antigua and Bermuda and sailing past the Duluth shipping channel’s North Pier Lighthouse, the saltie BBC Dubai makes a morning arrival, 10 August, 2026. Photo by Stephanie Irwin.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
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Former Great Lakes fleetmates; apparently,
I missed the party on the Irvin last night here in Duluth as the John G. Munson arrived yesterday with limestone while museum ship William A. Irvin prepared to host a Thursday evening music concert on its deck, 6 August, 2026. Photo by David Schauer, who had to have his drone operating. Or actually had someone else get this one for him.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
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Also at the Duluth canal park to steal my thunder was photog David Schauer, one of those guys who has the ability to and literally does hang out to get some really good shots; the Walter J. McCarthy arrived to load ore at Canadian National and close behind was the John G. Munson to fuel before unloading limestone, 6 August, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior“A peak summer crowd was on hand for the twofer arrival this warm evening.” - David Schauer
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I have been wanting to get back up to Duluth for awhile and damn if today wasn’t the day; early evening back-to-back arrivals of the American Steamship Company’s “footer” (1,000 foot) Walter J. McCarthy and the Great Lakes Fleet’s John G. Munson, 6 August, 2026. Photos by … yours truly. I think the camera in my smartphone phone did alright but I sure wish the Nikon wasn’t waiting on parts. I think I’ll skip the 0400 arrival of the James L. Oberstar.😜
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
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Registered in Portugal, the “saltie” Polsteam Insko prepares to load wheat at the Bartlett/Riverland elevator in Duluth, 5 August, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
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The car ferry S.S. Badger coming into port at Ludington, Michigan, 3 August, 2026. Photo by Anthony Jimeniz.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan
#ScaryFerry“Looks like a ghost ship.” - Anthony Jimenez
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If this boat nerd is lucky, I might run across something like this when I’m in Duluth later this week; the Stewart J. Cort waits to fuel in Duluth harbor before heading to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe dock to load ore, 30 July, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
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#A2A - Connecting lands and people across the #Algonquin to #Adirondacks region
"For a resilient, ecologically connected #A2ARegion that sustains a full range of native #wildlife and enhances people’s quality of life for generations to come.
The time to reconnect is now.
Nature cannot survive on isolated islands. Between #AlgonquinPark and the Adirondacks, a crisis of fragmentation is unfolding.
Roads, development, and borders have severed ancient migratory pathways, trapping wildlife in habitat pockets too small to sustain genetic diversity, find food, or adapt to a rapidly changing climate. When we isolate nature, we weaken the very systems that sustain us.
The A2A region is a continental lifeline. As one of the last remaining large-scale, #IntactForest and #wetland linkages in #EasternNorthAmerica, this corridor represents our best opportunity to ensure wildlife can move north–south across the #GreatLakes – #SaintLawrence system.
Our mission is to heal and reconnect these landscapes. We must repair these broken links to restore the interconnected web of biodiversity that sustains the health of our region and the resilience of the entire continent."
Learn more:
https://a2acollaborative.org/#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeCorridor #PreserveTheForest #ReconnectNature #US #Canada #Biodiversity #Interconnectedness #RestoringNature #NorthAmerica #NatureCorridors
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The #GreatLakes Are Hiding a Secret Underworld of Tardigrades and Rock-Eating Fungi
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With some vacation time coming up next week, think I’ll check the shipping schedules for Duluth and maybe, finally get up there and do my Otis Redding thing; the Walter J. McCarthy Jr. with iron ore for Cleveland meets the arriving Great Republic with limestone for Graymont, 30 July, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
#MusicOfMastodon
#60sPop
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
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Wordless Wednesday – 7/29/2026
#WordlessWednesday #beach #beachArt #familyFun #GreatLakes #humor #LakeMichigan #Michigan #Pentwater #photography #PureMIchigan #sandArt #SandSculpture #sharkSculpture #travel #WordlessWednesday -
Hype for the Future 225G: Traverse City, Michigan
Overview Traverse City is a notable smaller city in and the county seat of Grand Traverse County in the State of Michigan, associated with the West and East Branches of the Grand Traverse Bay. Today, the community is associated with the Mission Point area to the north, home to the Mission Point Lighthouse, the Old Mission Inn, and the Inn at Chateau Grand Traverse, along with the inner Traverse City area and Garfield Charter Township located nearby. Within the Garfield Charter Township […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/13/hype-for-the-future-225g-traverse-city-michigan/
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Hype for the Future 225G: Traverse City, Michigan
Overview Traverse City is a notable smaller city in and the county seat of Grand Traverse County in the State of Michigan, associated with the West and East Branches of the Grand Traverse Bay. Today, the community is associated with the Mission Point area to the north, home to the Mission Point Lighthouse, the Old Mission Inn, and the Inn at Chateau Grand Traverse, along with the inner Traverse City area and Garfield Charter Township located nearby. Within the Garfield Charter Township […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/13/hype-for-the-future-225g-traverse-city-michigan/
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Hype for the Future 225G: Traverse City, Michigan
Overview Traverse City is a notable smaller city in and the county seat of Grand Traverse County in the State of Michigan, associated with the West and East Branches of the Grand Traverse Bay. Today, the community is associated with the Mission Point area to the north, home to the Mission Point Lighthouse, the Old Mission Inn, and the Inn at Chateau Grand Traverse, along with the inner Traverse City area and Garfield Charter Township located nearby. Within the Garfield Charter Township […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/13/hype-for-the-future-225g-traverse-city-michigan/
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Hype for the Future 225G: Traverse City, Michigan
Overview Traverse City is a notable smaller city in and the county seat of Grand Traverse County in the State of Michigan, associated with the West and East Branches of the Grand Traverse Bay. Today, the community is associated with the Mission Point area to the north, home to the Mission Point Lighthouse, the Old Mission Inn, and the Inn at Chateau Grand Traverse, along with the inner Traverse City area and Garfield Charter Township located nearby. Within the Garfield Charter Township […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/13/hype-for-the-future-225g-traverse-city-michigan/
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Hype for the Future 225G: Traverse City, Michigan
Overview Traverse City is a notable smaller city in and the county seat of Grand Traverse County in the State of Michigan, associated with the West and East Branches of the Grand Traverse Bay. Today, the community is associated with the Mission Point area to the north, home to the Mission Point Lighthouse, the Old Mission Inn, and the Inn at Chateau Grand Traverse, along with the inner Traverse City area and Garfield Charter Township located nearby. Within the Garfield Charter Township […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/13/hype-for-the-future-225g-traverse-city-michigan/
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Spin the #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel and see where it lands!
US weather to go nuts with blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome, atmospheric river all at once
By SETH BORENSTEIN
Updated 12:03 AM EDT, March 13, 2026"Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be.
"Days of downpours have begun in #Hawaii. The #Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) #heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern #GreatLakes states. And the dreaded #PolarVortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing #ArcticChill.
"This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash already hit much of the East. On Wednesday, Washington, D.C. residents walked around in shorts in record-breaking 86 degrees Fahrenheit (about 30 Celsius). On Thursday, it snowed.
" 'All of the country, even if you’re not necessarily seeing extremes, are going to see generally changing from cold to warm, or warm to cold to warm,' said meteorologist Marc Chenard of the weather service’s Weather Prediction Center in Maryland.
"Former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist Ryan Maue said he expects extreme weather in all 50 states."
#ExtremeWeather #USWeather #USWx #TemperatureSwings #RecordHeat #Blizzards #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeIsReal
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Great Lakes Freighter Edmund Fitzgerald Postcard.
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#GreatLakes #ShipsofMastodon #EdmundFitzgerald #Postcard #VintagePostcard #GreatLakesFreighter #SaultSteMarie #HistoricVessels #NauticalHeritage #GreatLakesMariners #ShippingHistory #MaritimeMemorial -
#RadioactiveWaste leakage would be threat to area: critic
By Doug Diaczuk The Chronicle-Journal Apr 22, 2025
"A radioactive waste specialist from the United States says #NuclearWaste disposal sites place a giant bullseye on an area, as well as all communities along the transportation route, and residents of Northern #Ontario should take notice.
"#KevinKamps, a radioactive waste specialist with #BeyondNuclear, a non-profit advocacy group in the United States, will be speaking in Thunder Bay at Environment North's annual meeting on Wednesday [April 23].
"Kamps has opposed several nuclear waste sites across North America, including a site in the #YuccaMountains in #Nevada and a site at #Kincardine in #Ontario at the #BruceNuclear Generating Station.
" 'That was a 20-year campaign all told, but we prevailed in the end,' Kamps said of the Kincardine site in an interview with The Chronicle-Journal.
"The Nuclear Waste Management Organization [#NWM] identified a site between #Ignace and #Wabigoon Lake as the location for a proposed deep geological repository [#DGR] for #SpentFuel from #Canadian #NuclearPower plants.
"Last summer, the #TownshipOfIgnace expressed a willingness to be the host community for the repository following a survey showing the majority of residents supported the site.
"But several #FirstNation communities have spoken out in opposition to the site, citing #environmental concerns and the safety of transporting spent fuel through the region.
"Kamps said if anything was to go wrong at the deep geological repository site it would be catastrophic: 'for all points #downstream, #downwind, up the #FoodChain, down the generations.'
" 'In your neck of the woods, what I find ironic is the current target in your area is just outside of the #GreatLakes basin and I think it is a raw political calculation to try to silence what has been more than a decade of U.S. congressional opposition to the #LakeHuronDump,' he said.
" 'Now magically a site has been chosen outside of the Great Lakes basin.'
"There are many safety concerns to take into consideration when it comes to nuclear waste, Kamps said, beginning with the transportation of nuclear material to the site itself.
" 'One of the most controversial aspects is the transportation component, because it makes it everyone's problem along those routes,' he said. 'So that is another part of our challenge, to educate communities that would be along the most likely transportation route, be it road, rail, or waterway.'
"Then there is the site itself, which Kamps said could be vulnerable to #ExtremeWeather, #NaturalDisasters, or even potential attacks.
" 'You had better know your geology really well because if and when this starts leaking from its containers into the geology, then it's a question of how long will it take to mix with underground waterflows and perhaps even surface waterflows,' he said. 'And then the risk flows with the water, and with the air.'
"For those opposed to such sites, Kamps said the best way to fight back is through the democratic process and engaging with government representatives at all levels.
"He cited the opposition to the #Kincardine site that was a 20-year fight and the role First Nations communities played.
" 'An important part of that was the #SaugeenOjibwayNation who asked good questions and in the end voted 86 per cent no to that dump coming into their community,' he said.
"In terms of what to do with nuclear waste from generating stations, Kamps said it should stay at the site of origin."
#EnvironmentalRacism #GreatLakesBasin #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #NuclearDumping #ClimateChange #NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukesForAI #NoDumpingWithoutConsent
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it breaks my heart to think of the world my children and grandchildren are inheriting
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#minnesota #minn #mn #minnesotans #minneapolis #mpls #saintpau #stpaul #saintpaul #twincities #megasota #timwalz #walz #govwalz #governorwalz #federal #grants #trump #us #congress #funding #usa #budget #cuts #uspol #politics #uspolitics #politics #states #north #midwest #greatlakes #health #northstarstate #dems #democrats #liberal #liberals #governing #government #guvwalz #us #usa #border #province
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#Palisades power plant will restart. Here's where on the #GreatLakes #NuclearPlants operate
Story by Sarah Moore, Lansing State Journal, 2/27/2025
"Owners of Michigan's Palisades nuclear energy plant this week announced a new five-year program aimed at restarting the power station while adding two smaller, modular reactors to the existing facility.
"Holtec has launched 'Mission 2030,' a program to build America’s first small modular reactors — Holtec’s SMR-300 — at the Palisades site in Covert Township, Michigan, with a target of 2030 for first commercial operation.' Holtec International said in a release. "The new SMR-300s will be co-located with the existing 800-megawatt Palisades plant, which is on track to restart after an extended outage following shutdown in 2022.'
"The program was discussed at a ceremony Feb. 25, at which #Holtec said it has joined forces with #Hyundai Engineering & Construction to build a 10-gigawatt fleet of SMR-300s in North America, the release said.
"Nuclear energy production is seeing growing interest for power generation because it requires no fossil fuels and can help reduce greenhouse gases. The systems, however, generate tons of highly #RadioactiveWaste that has to be stored. In #Michigan, waste is stored within a short distance of the #GreatLakes in some locations."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/palisades-power-plant-will-restart-heres-where-on-the-great-lakes-nuclear-plants-operate/ar-AA1zUV7D
#RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #Renewables #RenewablesNow #WaterIsLife #RadioactivePollution #HoltecLies -
A Crew Was Searching For Shipwrecks In Lake Michigan—But They Found Something Completely Different
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https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a62501711/lake-michigan-holes/ <-- shared media / technical article
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“ • A survey of Lake Michigan located at least 40 large craters on the lakebed.
• Initial studies highlighted the spots as unknown shapes, but additional research revealed the craters are filled with marine life.
• Researchers expect to investigate further, seeing how these craters formed and if they’re really sinkholes…"
#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #groundwater #crater #sinkhole #bathymetry #topobathy #remotesensing #sonar #LakeMichigan #Michigan #research #GreatLakes #geomorphology #geomorphometry #ROV #ecology #ecosystems #cyanobacteria #WisconsinShipwreckCoastNationalMarineSanctuary #Sheboygan #Wisconsin #extremeecosystems #extremophiles #offgassing #hydrocarbons
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#Ignace council votes in favour of potential #NuclearWaste repository
Ignace is one of two potential locations being considered by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization
Kris Ketonen · CBC News · Posted: Jul 10, 2024
"The Township of Ignace noted in its release that #WabigoonLake #OjibwayNation (#WLON) will hold its own willingness process, and Ignace respects that WLON's support will also be required if the repository is to be built in the area.
"Whichever municipality ends up being chosen, the site won't be operational for some time; construction is expected to start in 2033, and the site would be up and running by the early 2040s.
"The proposed northwestern #Ontario #nuclear waste repository has received pushback from regional organizations and #Indigenous communities.
"In a media release issued Wednesday afternoon, We the #NuclearFreeNorth said the decision should be a regional one.
"'The #NWMO has deemed Ignace to be the 'host community,' despite Ignace's distance from the site, lack of jurisdiction, and the presence of other communities closer to the site and #downstream,' the media release stated."
Read more:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ignace-nuclear-waste-vote-1.7259610#WaterIsLife #DGR #Nuclear #InformedConsent #GreatLakes #Ojibway #FirstNations #Canada
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#Ignace council votes in favour of potential #NuclearWaste repository
Ignace is one of two potential locations being considered by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization
Kris Ketonen · CBC News · Posted: Jul 10, 2024
"The Township of Ignace noted in its release that #WabigoonLake #OjibwayNation (#WLON) will hold its own willingness process, and Ignace respects that WLON's support will also be required if the repository is to be built in the area.
"Whichever municipality ends up being chosen, the site won't be operational for some time; construction is expected to start in 2033, and the site would be up and running by the early 2040s.
"The proposed northwestern #Ontario #nuclear waste repository has received pushback from regional organizations and #Indigenous communities.
"In a media release issued Wednesday afternoon, We the #NuclearFreeNorth said the decision should be a regional one.
"'The #NWMO has deemed Ignace to be the 'host community,' despite Ignace's distance from the site, lack of jurisdiction, and the presence of other communities closer to the site and #downstream,' the media release stated."
Read more:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ignace-nuclear-waste-vote-1.7259610#WaterIsLife #DGR #Nuclear #InformedConsent #GreatLakes #Ojibway #FirstNations #Canada