Global biodiversity is threatened by unprecedented and increasing anthropogenic
pressures, including habitat loss and fragmentation. LiDAR can become a decisive …

In fault-bounded lacustrine basins, the lake basement may be exposed due to tilting of
crustal blocks, forming islands of varying size. Such islands are commonly associated with …

Constructed rock reefs have been used to remediate spawning habitat for Lake Sturgeon
(Acipenser fulvescens) and other lithophilic spawning fishes in the St. Clair-Detroit River …

Northern wild rice is of great dietary and cultural importance to the Native American
population in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Millions of tons of mine tailings were …

Over a century ago, shoreline copper mills sluiced more than 64 million metric tonnes of
tailings into Lake Superior, creating a “halo” around the Keweenaw Peninsula with a buried …

Over a century ago, copper mills on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Lake Superior sluiced 64
million metric tonnes (MMT) of tailings into coastal waters, creating a metal-rich “halo”. Here …

On the Keweenaw Peninsula of Lake Superior, two stamp mills (Mohawk and Wolverine)
discharged 22.7 million metric tonnes (MMT) of tailings (1901–1932) into the coastal zone …

Wetland ecosystems are one of the highly productive ecosystems in the world. These
ecosystems have been deteriorating at a faster rate. Ramsar Convention is putting …

From 1900 to 1932 a copper (Cu) mill operated near Gay, Michigan, along the eastern shore
of the Keweenaw Peninsula (Lake Superior, Michigan) and discharged waste material …

Tailings generated by mining account for the largest world-wide waste from industrial
activities. Copper is relatively uncommon, with low concentrations in sediments and waters …