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Since 2006, boaters, marinas and greenhouses participating in the Ohio Clean Marinas Program’s shrink wrap recycling program have diverted more than 2.3 million pounds of waste from landfills. The low-density polyethylene has been recycled into guard rail blocks along nearly 430 miles ...

6 days agoRESEARCH

Small But Mighty

By Alex Meyer

University of Toledo researcher Trisha Spanbauer is leading a project funded by Ohio Sea Grant to explore how human shoreline activity impacts communities of microbes on the coast of Lake Erie’s Western Basin. The team spent the past two ...

May 9, 2023OUTREACH

Ohio Deploys Innovative Litter Capture Technologies to Remove Plastic Pollution from the Great Lakes

By Jill Bartolotta

Thanks to a partnership with the binational Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) through the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup, a joint initiative of ...

May 1, 2023OUTREACH

New Projects to Help Clean Up Cleveland’s Coast Receive Federal Funding

By Alex Meyer

Ohio Sea Grant will move forward with two projects to reduce marine debris and clean up trash on Lake Erie thanks to federal funding ...

Apr 24, 2023EDUCATION

Educators, Students Explore the Great Lakes through Digital Program

By Joan Slattery Wall

The Great Lakes Literacy education exploration program helps middle and high school teachers engage their students in science. Quick, self-paced online lessons give the teachers insight into topics such as aquatic invasive species, coastal erosion, marine debris, urban water cycle ...

Apr 24, 2023RESEARCH

Making History

By Joan Slattery Wall

A University of Toledo geology professor discovered a rooted tree stump under water that showed the Lakes Huron and Erie levels at the time — about three and a half centuries ago — were considerably lower than ever recorded in history.

Apr 21, 2023OUTREACH

Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Lab Offer Science Education Opportunities to South Bass Island Visitors

By Jill Jentes Banicki

Visitors to South Bass Island once again have the chance to explore Lake Erie science and history at the South Bass Island Lighthouse, the ...

Mar 31, 2023

Lake Erie Island Sanctuaries Aid Migrating Songbirds

By Joan Slattery Wall

New Sea Grant research finds nocturnal migratory songbirds might rely on archipelagos like North, Middle and South Bass Islands as a navigation aid or ...

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