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September 1, 2018

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Photo: J. Bailey/infosuperior.com. Travis Halls, Shaun Boyle and Alex Cox enjoy Lake Superior while sailing an August 19th race around Caribou Island, off Amethyst Harbour, 30 km./19 mi. east of Thunder Bay. The Race was organized by the Temple Reef Sailing Club. More Race Photos.

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Algae Blooms Again on Lake Superior

Algae bloom on Lake Erie 2016. Algae Blooms have become a common occurrence on Lake Erie due to its high water temperatures (relative to the larger great lakes) and nutrient rich runoff from surrounding farmland. These events are much more rare on Lake Superior, but warming temperatures and increased severe weather may lead to an increase of blooms on the …

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Coyote on the Thunder Bay shore.

Thunder Bay PAC Meeting September 12th

This coyote was photographed on the Thunder Bay shoreline (Current River area) in a small section of fragmented habitat. The Public Advisory Committee to the Thunder Bay Remedial Action Plan will discuss ways to expand and connect habitat at their September 12th meeting. (Photo: J. Bailey/infosuperior.com) The Public Advisory Committee (PAC) to the Thunder Bay Remedial Action Plan (RAP) will …

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Text A Buoy Map

Text A Buoy

Text a buoy at any of the above locations and you'll immediately be texted back with weather and water conditions. Quick, Easy, Fast Are you looking for Lake Superior weather conditions at a specific location? Text a buoy. That's right, text a buoy! You will immediately be texted back with information like: wind speed water temperature air temperature barometric pressure …

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Unzipping Polymers to Create Destructable Plastics

Single use plastics like this coffee lid, plastic packaging and disposable water bottle rarely end up being recycled and often last decades in landfills and waterways. Researchers are working on creating plastics that will break down on demand and could be more easily recycled. (Photo: Ruby Reid-Sharp) InfoSuperior has been following plastic pollution issues in Lake Superior closely and a …

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Major Waves on the Great Lakes - Meteotsunamis

Historic Meteotsunami Events in the Great Lakes. Credit: J. Bechle, Adam & Wu, Chin & Kristovich, David & J. Anderson, Eric & Schwab, David & Rabinovich, Alexander. (2016). Meteotsunamis in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Scientific Reports. 6. 37832. 10.1038/srep37832 What is a Meteotsunami? The Great Lakes are huge bodies of water capable of generating substantial wave activity—people even surf on …

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