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Climate change threatens drinking water quality across the Great Lakes

  • Written by Gabriel Filippelli, Professor of Earth Sciences and Director of the Center for Urban Health, IUPUI
Harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie, Sept. 4, 2009.NOAA/Flickr

This story is part of the Pulitzer Center’s nationwide Connected Coastlines reporting initiative. For more information, go to https://pulitzercenter.org/connected-coastlines-initiative.

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