Acrylonitrile styrene acrylate (ASA) plastic and stamp sand are both waste materials that
impose a significant burden on the environment. This study investigates the potential of …

Abstract In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, over 500 million tons of copper rich rock were
removed from mines and treated in chemical baths to extract copper. Toxic substances have …

Cycles of boom and bust plague mining communities around the globe, and decades after
the bust the skeletons of shrunken cities remain. This article evaluates strategies for how …

Mercury, a trace metal, is a persistent environmental pollutant that can be detected even in
remote regions, including high-mountain lakes. This study examined mercury concentrations …

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 …

A geographic enigma is that present-day atmospheric deposition of mercury in the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan is low (48%) and that regional industrial emissions have declined …

The Laurentian Great Lakes are the most studied system in lake geochemistry and have well-
preserved chronological profiles. Metals play numerous critical roles in natural and …

Species invasions are changing aquatic ecosystems worldwide. Submerged aquatic
macrophytes control lake ecosystem processes through their direct and indirect interactions …

Heavy metals are ubiquitous in the Great Lakes basin at a wide range of concentrations.
Their historical sources are associated with geological settings of the area, while …

Mercury-contaminated fish are a serious problem in the Great Lakes basin, because
mercury is a potent neurotoxin that poses a danger to both humans and wildlife. Lake …