North American unionid mussel populations have experienced significant mortality due to competition and fouling by the Eurasian zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771). Habitats whose water c...

The list of everyday pollutants is a long one, and they could be as damaging to our water ecosystems as sewage spills

Due to the rapid decline in abundance of Yellow Lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa) and Tidewater Mucket (Atlanticoncha ochracea), USGS and partners at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Centra...

NOAA operates fleets of satellites, sensors on airplanes and ocean-going buoys, as well as radar, providing the data used by weather forecasters nationwide – and freely available to anyone.

BREAKING: CMU staff learned on April 4 that several current and former international student SEVIS records have terminated without notice by the United States Department of Homeland Security, without notifying the university or impacted students.  CMU is not yet able to release the number of students at this university who have been affected, but is performing daily checks of the SEVIS system to identify any terminated records. Executive Director of University Communication Ari Harris said any students affected will be contacted by the university.  This is a developing story. Please check in with cm-life.com with more information as it becomes available. 

Academics say that the decisions risk damaging the bedrock of Great Lakes research.