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Video: Behind the Scenes: Creating a Play About Trash
This video (7:30) shares the story behind the creation of the play, “Me and Debry.” Video…
Video: Quagga Mussels Feeding–Sped up 10x
This short video (1:22) emphasizes that quagga mussels are active animals–much more active than washed up…
Video: 10,000 Years of Archaeology Below the Great Lakes – Students Ask Scientists
This video (52:24) features Ashley Lemke, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee….
Video: Voices of the Coast: Tamara and Caitlin, Wisconsin’s Underwater Archaeologists
This short video (3:45) highlights shipwrecks and maritime archaeology. Wisconsin’s Great Lakes shipwrecks can tell a…
Video: What Will Round Gobies Do to Great Lakes Streams?
This short video (5:35) highlights the round goby, an invasive fish in the Great Lakes, along…
Video: Part 1: All Washed Up, Lake Michigan’s Algae Challenge
This video (9:03) of the “All Washed Up, Lake Michigan’s Algae Challenge” series (part two), highlights…
Video: Part 2: All Washed Up, Lake Michigan’s Algae Challenge
This video (9:19) of the “All Washed Up, Lake Michigan’s Algae Challenge” series (part one), highlights…
Video: All Washed Up, Lake Michigan’s Algae Challenge (Short Version)
This video (8:17) highlights the causes, impacts, and possible mechanisms for controlling excessive algal blooms of…

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