GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for Research http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ 2010-03-19T14:01:01-04:00 http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ http://www.glin.net/news/rss.gif text/html 2010-03-18T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=443786 A research chemist and research physiologist have found themselves at the center of a national push to control two Asian species of carp invading the Upper Midwest. The species can't be wiped out, but maybe they can be controlled. text/html 2010-03-18T08:05:50-04:00 http://pub.iugls.org/en/Other_Publications/OntheLevel_Vol_1_No_5.pdf The March 2010 edition of <i>On the Level,</i> the newsletter of the <a href="http://www.iugls.org/en/home_accueil.htm">International Upper Great Lakes Study</a> (IUGLS), is now available online. The issue includes details about the IJC public consultation regarding the St. Clair River report, including how to comment, and more. text/html 2010-03-16T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2010/03/16/13241376.html Setting sail into a big and competitive market, Trojan Technologies of London, Ont., is about to launch a new water purification system to stop the spread of invasive marine species -- which has been a major environmental problem in the Great Lakes for decades. text/html 2010-03-15T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/animap/index.html The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has a feature called AniMaps, which lets users search for the locations of mammals, breeding birds and amphibians and reptiles. Users can see if animals are found in their county and who manages the species. text/html 2010-03-12T08:05:50-04:00 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/ontarios-clean-water-tech-cluster/ In a major speech on future policy directions, Ontario's government has announced plans to position the province as North America's "clean water technology capital." text/html 2010-03-11T08:05:50-04:00 http://bayviewcompass.com/archives/3465 Sinkholes discovered in the bottom of Lake Huron have conditions just as harsh -- and harbor life forms just as unusual -- as those of deep-sea hydrothermal vents or Antarctica's permanently frozen lakes. text/html 2010-03-10T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20100310/NEWS01/3100319/-1/NEWSFRONT2/Researcher-fields-questions-on-Pure-Michigan-study The founder of Longwoods International answered lawmakers' questions about a recent study showing the Pure Michigan advertising campaign produced $40 million in new taxes and nearly $600 million in spending by tourists from outside Michigan. text/html 2010-03-10T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.jsonline.com/business/87182222.html Marquette Univ. and the Univ. of Wisc.-Milwaukee have launched a shared research program called the Industrial/University Cooperative Research Center linking university researchers with water-engineering companies. text/html 2010-03-02T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.thebeacon.net/news/ottawa-outdoors/1741-sea-grant-researcher-to-determine-economic-impact-of-birdwatching-in-ohio The average birdwatcher in Ohio is a baby boomer with an average individual income more than $50,000, often with at least one college degree. With numbers like those, the state's 2.4 million birdwatchers are obviously an important segment of Ohio's $39 billion tourism industry. text/html 2010-03-02T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.freep.com/article/20100302/NEWS05/3020333/1318/Sex-hormones-tested-in-fight-against-sea-lamprey The next phase of the decades-long fight against destructive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes was expected to begin Monday when researchers were to pump a man-made love potion into more streams after experiments from last spring showed it helped lure the lamprey into traps.