Research Q&A with Katey Strailey: How stream restoration structures affect fish
In this abbreviated interview, Research Coordinator Carolyn Foley and Communication Associate Sarah Gediman ask doctoral candidate Katey Strailey about her Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant-funded work. A researcher in the River and…
Discovery Grant research reveals that X-ray chemical turns toxic in disinfected drinking water
…a great example of how a Discovery Grant can open the door to new knowledge and provide a stepping stone to answer bigger questions. It’s also a story about how…
South Carolina study offers more insight into microbead impacts
…ways, the results of these studies raise more questions than they ask. One of the most important, though, is “What effect do microbeads and other plastic pollutants have on Great…
R/V Lake Guardian completes summer survey
This post, written by Kathryn Meyer and Todd Nettesheim, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, originally appeared on the International Joint Commission website. Out on the Great Lakes, the U.S. Environmental Protection…
Great Lakes Region PFAS Scoping and Competitive Research
…here. The competitive research opportunity was open from May through July 2023. The Request for Proposals can be found here. The research projects supported with funding are listed in this…
Educators to learn from scientists and Sea Grant aboard ship on Lake Ontario
…Restoration Initiative funding, through an interagency agreement by the U.S. EPA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and National Sea Grant Office. Learn more at www.epa.gov/great-lakes-monitoring/lake-guardian/ and www.epa.gov/great-lakes-monitoring/cooperative-science-and-monitoring-initiative-csmi/. New York…
Illinois residents: What’s your opinion on natural lawn care?
…complete, and fully completing the survey makes you eligible to be entered into a drawing to win an iPad! Take the survey: https://go.illinois.edu/lawn If you have questions about this project, you…
Purdue researchers get to the bottom of another quagga mussel impact
…strongly influence movement throughout the entire water column. But the movement they cause in the thin layer immediately above the lake bed—a phenomenon consistent throughout the year thanks to stable…
In the news: Study confirms persistent pharmaceutical pollution in nation’s rivers
…the study had a measurable and negative impact on biofilm respiration.” Read the complete article at the link above, and find more information about the study at our UnwantedMeds.org site….