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Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks. Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

        The National Museum of the Great Lakes is seeking book lovers to join this year’s Great Lakes Book Club, which will be held on Tuesdays, Feb. 6, March 5 and April 2 at noon.

Sometimes big problems can offer opportunity depending on our point of view. All across Wisconsin, and in many other parts of the United States, prolonged periods of drought are becoming

Toilet-to-tap water jokes aside, the technology and economics of turning sewage into potable drinking water is increasingly seen as a remedy for water-stressed communities. The new BookShelf review of “Purified: How Recycled Sewage is Transforming Our Water,” explains how water shortages, climate change, unsustainable growth and other factors have led some communities, most

City spent nearly a decade pursuing diversion, which was eventually reduced by Great Lakes governors.

When it comes to Chicago water diversions, more needs to become less, with water-conservation efforts and improved sewage treatment solutions to end the wasteful “pollution dilution” use of permanently diverted Lake Michigan water. And the other Great Lakes states, Ohio included, need to remind Illinois that its diversion exception is set and not negotiable, writes the editorial board of The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com.

The Great Lakes Commission has a plan to guide the states and provinces surrounding the Great Lakes toward protecting their communities from the climate-change damage.

The Great Lakes Commission has a plan to guide the states and provinces surrounding the Great Lakes toward protecting their communities from the climate-change damage.

Climate change is already affecting the Great Lakes. One group is urging Michigan, other Great Lakes states and Canadian provinces to coordinate efforts to make the Great Lakes basin more resilient to those changes.

Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior. These magnificent Great Lakes transcend borders connecting two countries, eight states, and two provinces. Long the fascination of writers, much has been written about these deep-water lakes. Join Deb Polich on this edition of "creative:impact" to meet Inger Schultz, co-founder of the Library of the Great Lakes.