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48SHARES A map showing the geographical composition of Great Lakes Basin surface freshwater and groundwater. Image: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Editor’s note: This is the fourth part of a 5-part series by Kalah Harris, Audrey Porter, Yue Jiang and Claire Moore that focuses on trans-border U.S. and Canadian environmental research projects. By Claire Moore Freshwater is the aquatic version of treasure. It’s valuable and people really, really want it. Access to oodles of freshwater is normal for those who live in or near the Great Lakes Basin. Its residents are close to Earth’s largest freshwater ecosystem, which formed when massive glaciers carved out lake beds, then melted. ....
18SHARES Douglas Tozer, director of the waterbirds and wetland program at Birds Canada, during a birdathon at Old Cut Long Point: Image: Jody Allair Editor’s Note: This is the third part of a 5-part series by Kalah Harris, Audrey Porter, Yue Jiang and Claire Moore that focuses on trans-border U.S. and Canadian environmental research projects. By Yue Jiang In the blink of an eye, they dive into the water without hesitation. They are fish hawks, also known as osprey, which are marsh birds commonly seen on the shoreline. This bird is one of the focal species in Joanna Grand’s research about Great Lakes birds, with the help of data contributed by Canadian researchers. ....
19SHARES Sites of collection for egg data. (1) Granite Island, (2) Agawa Rocks, (3) Gull Island, (4) Double Island, (5) Chantry Island, (6) Channel Shelter Island, (7) Fighting Island, (8) Middle Island, (9) Port Colborne, (10) Weseloh Rocks, (11) Hamilton Harbour, (12) Toronto Harbour, (13) Snake Island, (14) Strachan Island. Image: Journal of Great Lakes Research Editor’s note: This is the second part of a 5-part series by Kalah Harris, Audrey Porter, Yue Jiang and Claire Moore that focuses on trans-border U.S. and Canadian environmental research projects. By Kalah Harris Herring gulls are aquatic birds that feed at the water’s surface and so are restricted to feeding on prey fish at the surface and shallow nearshore waters. ....