MN scientists discover new species at Lake Superior's Apostle Islands
The new species has a cell wall or shell made of biologically produced glass.
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The new species has a cell wall or shell made of biologically produced glass.
Lake Michigan plankton Stephanodiscus Aulacoseira Subarctica Blue. Credit Mark Edlund / St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Science Museum of MN Right now, scientists are on a ship taking samples and measurements of the Great Lakes. They’re trying to determine how the lakes will fare this year and watching for trends. One trend, the warming climate, could mean changes for the base of the food web in the lakes. But, the researchers are not yet sure what those changes might be. Annie Scofield is a Life Scientist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes National Program O...