Lakes

Pet goldfish are ruining lakes after heartless owners dumped them there — but a local zoo has a grisly solution

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Pet goldfish are ruining lakes after heartless owners dumped them there — but a local zoo has a grisly solution

Zookeepers have proposed a real “grizzly” solution to controlling giant invasive goldfish. For years, pet goldfish released into US waterways have been wreaking havoc by ballooning to gargantuan sizes and outcompeting native species. Enterprising Minnesota zoo officials have devised an unorthodox way to help with the scourge — feeding the shiny fin-terlopers to hungry zoo … Read more

Hazardous bacterial bloom hitting US lakes is a danger to people and pets, officials warn

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Hazardous bacterial bloom hitting US lakes is a danger to people and pets, officials warn

No need for vacationers to test the waters here, experts say. The summer vacation spoiler has been identified as a cyanobacterial bloom — and the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) says that the crummy blue-green conditions seem to be spreading, with a noticeable increase in scale since Aug. 2. Currently, the contamination stretches … Read more

Canada wildfire smoke pours into Upper Midwest and Great Lakes, causing poor air quality

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Canada wildfire smoke pours into Upper Midwest and Great Lakes, causing poor air quality

Unhealthy air quality returns to the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes this week as dry conditions and warm temperatures fueled wildfires in Canada over the weekend, causing more smoke to spill into the northern tier of the U.S. The FOX Forecast Center is tracking wildfire smoke thick enough to reduce air quality across the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa and Illinois. On … Read more