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Nearly 7-foot, 240-pound lake sturgeon caught in Detroit River believed to be 100+ years old Credit: Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office Posted at 10:42 AM, Apr 30, 2021 and last updated 2021-04-30 10:42:02-04 (WXYZ) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service caught a massive lake sturgeon in the Detroit River earlier this week, measuring nearly 7-feet long and more than 200 pounds. According to a post on Facebook, the "real-life river monster" had a girth of nearly 4-feet, was 6-feet-10 and weighed 240 pounds. It's one of the largest lake sturgeon ever recorded in the country. Accor...

Making sense of conflicting environmental messages Bob Knight Last Sunday’s opinion pages celebrating the 51st Earth Day were appropriately filled with messages about the importance of protecting our environment. But what was interesting to me was the juxtaposition of conflicting claims by environmentalists, agricultural representatives and state officials.  Interested readers of The Sun may be trying to make sense out of their divergent views. Here is my take.  The first piece I read was written by Dr. Ann Shortelle, executive director of the St. Johns River Water Management Distr...

Surfrider Foundation fights ‘toxic cocktail’ of polluted rain run-off draining into ocean Mar. 06, 2021 at 6:00 am Ocean: Local beaches are often unsafe following rain due to the trash that flows into the ocean. Anita Zamani Many people know they shouldn’t surf after a significant rain event, but few are aware that severe health risks include flesh-eating bacterial infections. Surfrider Foundation CEO Chad Nelsen says this is a rare ‘worst case’ scenario, but can occur and so can a whole host of less serious infections and illnesses, which is why the organization is on a mission t...

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Jan 27, 2021 Greenland’s melting glaciers, which plunge into Arctic waters via steep-sided inlets, or fjords, are among the main contributors to global sea level rise in response to climate change. Gaining a better understanding of how warming ocean water affects these glaciers will help improve predictions of their fate. Such predictions could in turn be used by communities around the world to better prepare for flooding and mitigate coastal ecosystem damage. But researchers have long lacked measurements of the depths of the fjords along Greenland’s craggy coast. Without this informati...