Scientists aboard the Lake Guardian research vessel prepare to sample water from Lake Michigan. Credit: Adrianne Appel/IPS
ENVIRONMENT-US: Greatest of Lakes Hit by Climate Change
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Oct 22, 2009 (IPS) - The weather was right for swimming this summer along the shores of Lake Michigan, but on many days, the only living things seen on the beach were gulls, picking away at zebra mussels ensnared in a thick, green slime that covered every rock, pebble and grain of sand for miles.
Scientists aboard the Lake Guardian research vessel prepare to sample water from Lake Michigan. Credit: Adrianne Appel/IPS
ENVIRONMENT-US: Greatest of Lakes Hit by Climate Change
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Oct 22, 2009 (IPS) - The weather was right for swimming this summer along the shores of Lake Michigan, but on many days, the only living things seen on the beach were gulls, picking away at zebra mussels ensnared in a thick, green slime that covered every rock, pebble and grain of sand for miles.