Great Lakes researchers and communicators with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Michigan are the latest federal employees to be axed amid the ongoing nationwide purge of government workers. In Michigan, NOAA researchers study toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie and help the shipping industry forecast water level changes and ice cover on the Great Lakes. Read the full story by MLive.
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