Jake Walsh, tus kws tshawb fawb tom qab kawm tiav ntawm University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Limnology, coj tus qauv dej los ntawm Lake Mendota hauv Madison, Wis., thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 16, 2018. Walsh tau tshuaj xyuas cov tsiaj plhaws hauv cov qauv, suav nrog cov kab mob sib kis. dej hiav txwv. Cov tsiaj tsis txhob txwm muab tso rau hauv Great Lakes los ntawm kev tso cov dej tsis huv los ntawm lub nkoj mus hauv hiav txwv. Nws tau pom thawj zaug hauv Lake Ontario xyoo 1982 thiab kis mus rau Lake Superior los ntawm 1987. Cov dej flea tau kis los ntawm cov pas dej Midwestern los ntawm cov neeg caij nkoj ua si. Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Saib
Sijhawm Nyeem Ntawv: 11 feeb

Cov neeg sau ntawv sau tseg: Jim Malewitz sau zaj dab neeg no ua tus sau xov xwm rau Choj Phau Ntawv. Nws tau koom nrog Wisconsin Watch cov neeg ua haujlwm thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2019.

Ntau tshaj $ 375 billion nyob rau hauv cov khoom thauj - hlau ore, thee, cement, pob zeb, nplej thiab lwm yam - tau ntws ntawm Great Lakes ports thiab txawv teb chaws txij li thaum 1959. Yog thaum poj huab tais Elizabeth thiab US Thawj Tswj Hwm Dwight Eisenhower christened lub St. Lawrence Seaway, heralding nws raws li ib tug engineering. xav tsis thoob.  

Tab sis cov teeb meem ntawd cov chaw txuas, cov pas dej tauv thiab cov kwj deg uas txuas lub Great Lakes rau hauv Dej hiav txwv Atlantic kuj tau txua ib txoj kev rau cov ntoo thiab tsiaj txawv teb chaws ua rau ntau lab lab daus las hauv ecological puas tsuaj rau cov pas dej. Yam tsawg kawg 80 cov tsiaj tsis zoo tau tuaj txog hauv cov dej ballast uas nkoj hla hiav txwv nqa mus rau hauv thiab tawm rau kom sib npaug. 

Wisconsin Public Xov tooj cua kev tshawb fawb qhia lwm tus Sarah Whites-Koditschek koom tes nrog Bridge Magazine hauv Michigan los tshaj tawm txog kev sib cav txog seb Great Lakes ships yuav tsum tau los kho lawv cov dej ballast. Mloog nws daim ntawv qhia nyob Wisconsin Public Radio.

Lub round goby, uas tau los ntawm Dub thiab Caspian hiav txwv hauv xyoo 1990, gobbles cov zaub mov qee cov ntses ib txwm nyob ntawm. Yog li ua European zebra thiab quagga mussels, uas tseem ua rau cov docks thiab nkoj thiab txhaws cov kav dej thiab tshuab, ua rau thaj tsam Great Lakes. kwv yees $500 lab txhua xyoo.

Lub Paul Tregurtha, tus 1,013-foot freighter hu ua "laker," ntseeg tau tias yog lub nkoj ntev tshaj plaws hauv Great Lakes. Ua hauv Toledo, Ohio, nws tau tsim tawm xyoo 1981 thiab nqa cov thee thiab hlau ore. Ntawm no, nws tau pom nyob hauv Detroit River hauv Detroit thaum Lub Yim Hli 4, 2019. Kev sib ntaus sib tua yog brewing ntawm kev lag luam xa khoom thiab cov neeg nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm kev siv zog los txuas ntxiv cov kev cai dej ballast rau "lakers" - freighters uas tsis tawm hauv Great Lakes. Anthony Lanzilote / Choj Magazine

Ntau tshaj 20 xyoo ntawm tsoomfwv thiab lub xeev kev siv zog los tswj cov dej ballast tau ua rau qeeb qhov kev nthuav qhia ntawm cov tsiaj tshiab rau Great Lakes, uas nyob hauv Tebchaws Meskas thiab Canada. Tab sis cov kev cai no zam "lakers" - hulking freighters taug kev tshwj xeeb hauv Great Lakes - thiab cov kws tshawb fawb hais tias pab cov kab mob kis tau tom qab lawv tuaj txog.

Lakers tuaj yeem thauj mus txog 70,000 tons ntawm cov khoom thauj thiab tuav mus txog 16 lab nkas loos dej ballast, txaus los sau ntau tshaj 24 lub pas dej da dej Olympic. Cov nkoj no siv cov tso tsheb hlau luam ntawm cov dej ballast kom muaj kev sib npaug, pov tseg lossis hloov nws thaum lawv xa lossis thauj khoom.

"Koj yuav cia siab tias cov nkoj no yuav txav cov kab mob nkag mus, thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov peb tshawb fawb qhia," said Allegra Cangelosi, tus kws tshaj lij dej hauv Great Lakes ballast thiab tus kws tshawb fawb laus ntawm Penn State University-Behrend. 

Bridge Magazine / Source: US-Canadian "State of the Great Lakes 2019" tsab ntawv ceeb toom

Canadian regulators xav kom lakers kho cov dej ballast los ntawm 2024, thiab cov neeg nyob ib puag ncig tau thawb rau cov kev cai zoo sib xws rau kwv yees li 50 tus neeg thauj khoom uas ya ib tus chij Asmeskas. Muaj txog 80 tus pas dej hauv qab Canadian chij. Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv Ib puag ncig Asmeskas tau xav tias yuav tsim cov qauv dej ballast tshiab los ntawm Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2020, thiab Tus Saib Xyuas ntug dej hiav txwv yuav tsum tau tsim cov cai siv rau ob xyoos tom ntej. 

Tab sis pab pawg kev lag luam tau sib cav hais tias cov kws tshawb nrhiav tsis tau ua pov thawj tias cov tsiaj tsiv mus nyob rau ntau hom tsiaj, thiab cov kev cai tshiab yuav raug nyiaj ntau pua lab nyiaj thiab ua lag luam mus ib qhov chaw nres. Cov neeg ua haujlwm nqa tau kwv yees li ib nrab ntawm $ 15 nphom hauv kev thauj khoom uas txav mus ncig Great Lakes txhua xyoo.

Txog rau tam sim no, tsis muaj txoj kev kho mob tus nqi-tua cov kab mob tsis txaus siab nyob rau hauv laker ballast dej, tab sis cov kws tshawb fawb tau sib tw los nrhiav kev daws teeb meem - thiab sim nws - ua ntej cov neeg tswj hwm ua tiav txoj cai tshiab. 

Invasives daim pam Great Lakes

Cov kws tshawb fawb tau siv ntau xyoo los tshuaj xyuas seb Great Lakes invaders kis thoob plaws cheeb tsam li cas. Txoj hauj lwm ntawd txuas ntxiv thaum sawv ntxov txias thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis hauv Madison, Wisconsin.

Ze li kaum lub tsev kawm ntawv University of Wisconsin-Madison cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab cov kws tshawb fawb tau ua ib qho kev lig kev cai hauv Lake Mendota, nyob rau sab qaum teb ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv: tshem tawm cov chaw nres nkoj ua ntej lub pas dej khov. 

Dave Harring, tus thawj saib xyuas cov chaw thiab cov cuab yeej siv rau University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Limnology, coj cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab cov kws tshawb fawb tshem tawm lub chaw nres nkoj ua ntej pib lub caij ntuj no thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 30, 2018. Cov kws tshawb fawb tau khawb lub dock cov ntoo pilings rau zebra mussels, suav lawv mus taug qab qhov ceev ntawm cov tsiaj invasive nyob rau hauv lub pas dej. Cov mussels tuaj rau Great Lakes nyob rau hauv ballast dej los ntawm hiav txwv-mus freighters thiab txij li thaum tau kis mus rau ntau pua lub pas dej hauv av. Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Saib

Ib cag los ntawm kev tiv thaiv cov chaw nres nkoj los ntawm kev puas tsuaj rau cov dej khov, kev siv zog tau muab kev nkag siab txog yuav ua li cas muaj pes tsawg tus nees zebra mussels nyob hauv lub pas dej. Mike Spear, tus kws kho mob cov tub ntxhais kawm uas tau saib qhov kev txiav txim, tau nthuav tawm ib lub pob ntoo uas tau plucked los ntawm dej. Tsib xyoos dhau los, nws yuav zoo li tsis muaj qhov tsis txaus ntseeg. Tam sim no, lub quarter-inch-loj mussels tau npog tag nrho nws. hmuv marveled ntawm mussels 'persistence nyob rau hauv latching rau ntoo ntev-dav lawm kho nrog arsenic. 

Nws tau hais tias "Koj xav tias nws (arsenic) yuav tiv thaiv kev ua lag luam," nws hais. "Cov tsiaj no (yog) ib txwm muaj kev xav tsis thoob." 

Spear tau muab cov tsiaj tso rau hauv lub hnab yas. Tom qab ntawd nws yuav khov thiab suav cov mussels los kwv yees qhov ntom ntawm cov tsiaj hauv Lake Mendota. Qhov kev kwv yees tam sim no: "billions," txij li ib chav kawm kawm Madison-cheeb tsam pas dej thawj zaug pom lawv hauv 2015. 

Cov mussels tau txais kev pab ntau mus txog lub pas dej hauv av txog 80 mais sab hnub poob ntawm Lake Michigan.

Cov kab npauj npaim tuaj yeem pom ntawm cov ntoo hauv qhov chaw nres nkoj ntawm University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Limnology ntawm Lake Mendota hauv Madison, Wis., thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 30, 2018. Cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab cov kws tshawb fawb tshem tawm cov chaw nres nkoj ua ntej pib lub caij ntuj no. Ntawm no, tus kws kho mob cov tub ntxhais kawm Mike Spear khawb lub qhov rooj ntoo ntawm cov pob zeb rau zebra mussels suav cov lej uas txuas thiab muab piv rau cov xyoo dhau los. Nws txoj kev tshawb fawb pab taug qab qhov ceev ntawm mussels hauv lub pas dej. Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Saib

Ib tug biologist thawj pom cov mussels xyoo 1988 hauv North America thaum khaws cov cab hauv Lake St. Clair, qee zaum hu ua "Sixth Great Lake," ntawm lub pas dej Erie thiab Huron. Cov nkoj thauj khoom taug kev los ntawm Hiav Txwv Dub zoo li yuav pov tseg cov dej ballast nrog cov kab laug sab, raws li tsoomfwv cov nyiaj pab rau Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System (GLANSIS). Nyob rau hauv ob xyoos, mussels tau kis mus rau tag nrho tsib lub Great Lakes, tej zaum yuav nyob rau hauv ballast dej ntawm kev lag luam ships - tejzaum nws nrog rau cov pas dej - thiab los ntawm kev txuas mus rau lub hulls ntawm lub nkoj thiab barges.

Clinging rau txhua yam, cov mussels tuaj yeem muaj sia nyob hnub sab nraum dej thiab maj mam mus txog ntau pua lub pas dej hauv av los ntawm latching rau hauv nkoj, cov thoob thiab cov tsheb thauj khoom. 

Cov kab npauj npaim tuaj yeem pom ntawm cov ntoo hauv qhov chaw nres nkoj ntawm University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Limnology ntawm Lake Mendota hauv Madison, Wis., thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 30, 2018. Cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab cov kws tshawb fawb tshem tawm cov chaw nres nkoj ua ntej pib lub caij ntuj no. Ntawm no, tus kws kho mob cov tub ntxhais kawm Mike Spear khawb lub qhov rooj ntoo ntawm cov pob zeb rau zebra mussels suav cov lej uas txuas thiab muab piv rau cov xyoo dhau los. Nws txoj kev tshawb fawb pab taug qab qhov ceev ntawm mussels hauv lub pas dej. Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Saib

Ib cag ntawm clogging cov kav dej ntawm cov nroj tsuag hluav taws xob thiab cov dej, cov mussels ntxeem tau outcompetes haiv neeg ntses thiab ua rau lawv cov chaw nyob. Hauv qee qhov chaw ntawm Great Lakes, cov kws tshawb fawb xav tias ib qho kev sib txuas ntawm mussel invasions thiab poob ntawm whitefish, ib tug lucrative catch rau kev lag luam nuv ntses kev lag luam. 

Zebra mussels yog nyob ntawm 187 hom tsis muaj npe nyob hauv Great Lakes. Lawv qee zaum hu ua "daim ntawv tshaj tawm menyuam yaus" rau kev tawm tsam lom, uas yog United Nations 'International Maritime Organization hu "ib qho kev hem thawj loj tshaj plaws rau ecological thiab kev noj qab haus huv ntawm lub ntiaj teb." 

Lawv txoj kev thauj mus los ntawm North American waterways galvanized cov kws tshawb fawb thiab cov neeg tsim cai lij choj uas tau nrhiav los cuam tshuam lawv txoj kev nce qib hauv ntau txoj hauv kev - xws li Wisconsin txoj cai uas cov neeg caij nkoj thiab cov neeg nuv ntses tshuaj xyuas thiab tshem tawm invasive ntawm lawv cov hlab ntsha los kho cov dej ballast ntawm hiav txwv-mus nkoj hu ua "salties," uas tau txuas nrog kev qhia txog 80 hom tsiaj tsis xav tau rau lub pas dej loj. 

Daim paib ceeb toom txog kev phom sij ntawm cov nees txaij ntse nyob rau hauv qab lub pas dej tau pom nyob ze ntawm qhov chaw nres nkoj ntawm Lake Mendota ntawm University of Wisconsin-Madison thaum Lub Yim Hli 16, 2019. Cov kab npauj npaim txuas ruaj khov rau pob zeb, piers thiab pas dej hauv qab, ua lawv muaj kev phom sij rau cov neeg ua luam dej. Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin Saib

Tab sis cov dej pas dej ballast tseem tsis raug tswj hwm, ua rau nws nruj dua los txwv kev puas tsuaj los ntawm lwm tus invaders, cov kws tshawb fawb hais.

Cangelosi tau hais tias "Kuv yuav tsis hais tias txhua qhov kev txav ntawm lub nkoj ua rau muaj kev pheej hmoo siab, tab sis peb tab tom zaum ducks rau qhov piv txwv uas muaj kev pheej hmoo tshwm sim," Cangelosi tau hais. "Txhua qhov xwm txheej tau ua yog poob rau hauv tus neeg ua yeeb yam phem, thiab peb poob."

'Swish thiab nto qaub ncaug' 

Ntau xyoo dhau los, cov kws tshawb fawb tau lees paub tsuas yog peb hom tshiab kom ncav cuag Great Lakes: txhua tus yog crustaceans me me. Tsis muaj leej twg tuaj txog hauv dej ballast. Cov tsiaj kawg uas ua li ntawd yog cov ntshav liab cw hauv xyoo 2006. Nws qhov cuam tshuam rau Great Lakes tseem tsis tau paub meej.

Cov kws tshaj lij tau lees paub qhov kev nce qib rau cov txheej txheem dej ntws hu ua ballast water exchange los yog "swish thiab nto qaub ncaug." Txij li xyoo 2006, Tsoomfwv Meskas thiab Canadian tau xav kom cov dej qab ntsev pov tseg cov dej uas lawv tau coj mus rau hauv cov chaw nres nkoj txawv teb chaws nyob nruab nrab ntawm dej hiav txwv, hloov nws nrog cov dej ntsev uas yuav tua cov tsiaj dej tshiab zais hauv lawv lub tank - ua ntej cov nkoj mus txog Great Lakes. 

Lub Kaministiqua, lub nkoj 730-foot hiav txwv-kub lub npe hu ua "kub," mus ze William G. Milliken State Park thiab Harbor hauv Detroit thaum Lub Yim Hli 2, 2019. Cov nkoj hla hiav txwv uas nkag mus rau Great Lakes los ntawm St. Lawrence Seaway yuav tsum nruj me ntsis kev cai dej ballast kom stem kev taw qhia ntawm invasive hom. Cov kev cai no tsis siv rau cov freighters uas nyob hauv lub pas dej. Anthony Lanzilote / Choj Magazine

Rau qee lub nkoj, qhov ntawd tuaj yeem txhais tau tias tseem kho cov dej ballast nrog cov tshuaj, kev lim, kev kho ultraviolet lossis lwm txoj hauv kev. 

Rochelle Sturtevant, uas tswj hwm GLANSIS rau Michigan Sea Grant Extension, ua haujlwm nrog tsoomfwv Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory hais tias "Zaj dab neeg ua tiav ntawm kev sib pauv dej ballast tsis tau qhia - lossis tsis tau hais kom zoo txaus," 

"Rau 20 xyoo dhau los peb tau tsom mus rau - thiab yog li ntawd - ntawm cov khoom los ntawm sab nraud Great Lakes," Sturtevant tau hais. "Raws li cov ntaub ntawv tab tom pib qhia, peb tau txais qhov ntawd feem ntau tswj hwm, tej zaum nws yog lub sijhawm los pib rov xyuas qee yam ntawm cov khoom no zoo li kev sib kis."

'Kev pheej hmoo tseem ceeb' rau kev sib kis

Qee 20 feem pua ​​​​ntawm Great Lakes 'cov tsiaj tsis muaj npe tau mus txog tag nrho tsib lub pas dej, thiab qhov seem "tseem ua rau muaj kev pheej hmoo loj rau kev sib kis ntxiv," raws li tshooj Sturtevant tau sau rau Lub Xeev ntawm Great Lakes 2019 tsab ntawv ceeb toom sau los ntawm ntau dua 180. Great Lakes cov kws tshawb fawb ua ib feem ntawm a sib koom US-Canada daim ntawv cog lus los tiv thaiv dej. Daim ntawv tshaj tawm tseem nyob hauv daim ntawv.

Cov kab mob tua ntses tej zaum yuav yog cov teeb meem cuam tshuam cov kab mob lakers tuaj yeem thauj, Sturtevant tau hais. 

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Cov kev pab cuam ntxuav lub nkoj thiab kev kawm ntawm cov neeg nuv ntses tuaj yeem ua rau qeeb kis hauv pas dej Ontario thiab Erie, tab sis cov dej tsis muaj kev tswj hwm ntawm cov pas dej "tej zaum yuav ua rau muaj kev pheej hmoo siab" ntawm kev pab cuam invaders, tsab ntawv ceeb toom hais tias. 

Qhov ntawd suav nrog bigmouth bass virus, uas txij li xyoo 2000 - thiab tsis ntev los no 2018 - tau pom nyob rau hauv pas dej Erie thiab St. Clair thiab ob peb lub pas dej hauv av hauv Michigan, Wisconsin thiab lwm lub xeev Great Lakes. Nws feem ntau tua cov neeg laus cov ntses loj uas twb muaj kev ntxhov siab thiab tuaj yeem tshem tawm 10 mus rau 20 feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov pejxeem, raws li Michigan Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg. 

Nrhiav txoj hauv kev los kho cov dej ballast, txawm li cas los xij, tsis yooj yim. 

Lakers unregulated 

Hauv lub tsev kawm qib siab University of Wisconsin-Superior, cov neeg tshawb nrhiav tau soj ntsuam qhov muaj peev xwm ua tawm tsam cov tsiaj tsis muaj peev xwm nyob hauv laker dej. 

Lub Nano Air Bubble Aeration System, lub thawv hlau yog qhov loj ntawm lub txee TV, nws ntws raws li cov dej ntws los ntawm lub tank. Lub contraption zapped tej yam me me kab mob hauv nrog npuas uas xa ozone. Cov thev naus laus zis zoo li no twb tau kho cov tshuaj lom algal tawg hauv cov pas dej, hais tias Kelsey Prihoda, tus kws tshawb fawb nrog UW-Superior's Lake Superior Research Institute.

Christine Polkinghorne, tus kws tshawb fawb pabcuam rau University of Wisconsin-Superior's Lake Superior Research Institute, sim ib qho qauv ntawm lub tshuab kho dej ballast rau "laker" nkoj ua haujlwm ntawm Great Lakes thaum lub Tsib Hlis 8, 2019. Nano Air Bubble Aeration System neutralizes me me. Cov kab mob hauv cov dej ballast siv npuas uas xa ozone. Danielle Kaeding / Wisconsin Public Radio

Nws pab neeg tau tshuaj xyuas seb tus qauv, tsim los ntawm Florida-based American Marine University Research Institute, tuaj yeem tua cov kab mob nkag mus rau hauv cov dej ballast. 

Prihoda hais tias, "Muaj ib hnub lawv cia siab tias yuav muaj nws nyob hauv lub nkoj." 

Qhov ntawd tsis zoo li yuav tshwm sim yam tsis muaj txoj cai tshiab. 

Thaum EPA tau hloov kho cov kev cai dej ballast hauv xyoo 2013, lub koom haum tau zam cov lakers tsim ua ntej 2009, hais txog qhov tsis muaj kev siv tshuab. Ob xyoos tom qab, Qhov thib ob Circuit Court ntawm US Appeals hu ua qhov kev txiav txim siab "kev txiav txim siab thiab tsis txaus ntseeg" thiab qhia cov neeg tswj hwm kom rov xav txog qhov teeb meem. Cov kws tshaj lij tseem lees paub qhov kev sib pauv dej ballast tsis ua haujlwm zoo rau cov hlab ntsha dej tshiab, thiab ntau yam ua rau kev kho mob nyuaj dua. 

Tsis zoo li hauv salties, lakers 'steel ballast tanks tsis muaj txheej tshwj xeeb los tiv thaiv corrosion los ntawm chlorine lossis lwm yam tshuaj kho mob, hais Tom Rayburn, tus thawj coj ntawm ib puag ncig thiab kev tswj hwm txoj haujlwm rau Lake Carriers 'Association, uas sawv cev rau Asmeskas cov tuam txhab lag luam. Lakers kuj tseem siv dej ntau dua li cov dej qab ntsev thiab ua kev caij nkoj luv luv. 

Lub Whitefish Bay, 740-foot-ntev freighter hu ua "laker," uas yog Montreal-based Canada Steamship Lines, hla tus dej Detroit hauv Detroit thaum Lub Yim Hli 4, 2019. Hauv 2024, Canada yuav xav tau "lakers" - ships uas tsis tawm hauv Great Lakes - los kho cov dej ballast kom qeeb kev sib kis ntawm hom kab mob. Cov pab pawg sawv cev rau US freighters tab tom sib ntaus sib tua rau cov kev cai zoo sib xws, thov tias nws yuav raug nqi ntau pua lab daus las. Credit: Anthony Lanzilote / Choj Magazine

Kho txhua qhov dej ntawd tuaj yeem siv sijhawm ntev txog 72 teev - ntau dua lossis ob lossis ntev txog kev siv sijhawm ntev, Rayburn tau hais. 

Tsis tas li ntawd, kev hnav khaub ncaws txhua tus neeg Asmeskas nrog cov tshuab kho dej ballast yuav raug nqi $ 639 lab, tshaj $ 11 lab txhua xyoo hauv kev ua haujlwm thiab kev saib xyuas tus nqi, raws li tsab ntawv tshaj tawm xyoo 2017 los ntawm Lake Carriers' Association. Cov nqi tsis suav nrog cov lakers 'lub sij hawm tawm ntawm kev pabcuam thaum lub sijhawm hloov kho. 

Thauj Canada, lub koom haum kev thauj mus los hauv lub tebchaws, tau thov kom nws 80-laker fleet los nruab ballast water treatment systems los ntawm 2024. Nws hais tias cov nkoj "ua rau muaj kev pheej hmoo loj ntawm kev kis NIS (cov kab mob uas tsis yog neeg tawm tsam).

Tab sis Rayburn tau sib cav txog cov tuam txhab Canadian yuav muaj teeb meem tsawg dua kev ua raws li Asmeskas. Cov neeg Canadians tuaj yeem yuav cov nkoj pheej yig dua tsim tawm txawv teb chaws, thaum nyob hauv tsoomfwv txoj cai lij choj, Asmeskas yuav tsum yuav cov nkoj tsim los ntawm Asmeskas.

Kev lag luam cov lus nug tshawb fawb

Jake Walsh, tus kws tshawb fawb tom qab kawm tiav ntawm University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Limnology, coj tus qauv dej los ntawm Lake Mendota hauv Madison, Wis., thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 16, 2018. Walsh tau tshuaj xyuas cov tsiaj plhaws hauv cov qauv, suav nrog cov kab mob sib kis. dej hiav txwv. Cov tsiaj tsis txhob txwm muab tso rau hauv Great Lakes los ntawm kev tso cov dej tsis huv los ntawm lub nkoj mus hauv hiav txwv. Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Saib

Rayburn pab pawg kuj nug cov pov thawj tias lakers yog lub luag haujlwm rau kev cuam tshuam ntawm hom tsis muaj npe. 

Tau ntau xyoo, Great Lakes cov kws tshawb fawb thiab cov kws tswj xyuas tau xav tias cov lakers tsiv mus nyob ib ncig ntawm hom. Raws li deb rov qab li xyoo 2008, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality laj mej pej xeem tau hais tawm: "Peb pom zoo cov dej ntws tawm los ntawm 'lakers' ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev txhawb nqa kev sib kis ntawm cov dej tsis zoo uas twb muaj nyob hauv Great Lakes."

Cov kws tshawb fawb tseem ntsuas qhov kev pheej hmoo ntawd.

Tab sis xyoo 2017, UW-Superior cov kws tshawb fawb tau sim cov dej tso dej ballast ntawm yim US thiab Canadian lakers taug kev los ntawm plaub lub pas dej Great Lakes mus rau sab hnub poob Lake Superior. Lawv 2018 tsab ntawv ceeb toom tau sau tseg ntau hom tsiaj me me zooplankton tsis muaj leej twg tau sau tseg yav dhau los hauv Lake Superior - ib qho uas tsis tau pom nyob hauv Great Lake.  Daim ntawv ceeb toom ua raws Kev tshawb fawb Canadian uas pom cov tsiaj tsis muaj nyob hauv 90 feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov dej pas dej ballast. 

Wisconsin cov kws tshawb fawb tau muab ntau cov lus pom zoo, suav nrog kev tsim kho cov kab ke ua haujlwm tau zoo. 

Lub koom haum Lake Carriers tau koom tes nrog cov kws tshawb fawb los ntawm kev tso cai rau lawv caij nkoj thiab sau cov qauv ua ib feem ntawm txoj haujlwm xav tau los ntawm Minnesota Lub Chaw Tswj Xyuas Kev Ua Txhaum Cai. Tab sis pawg neeg txhais cov ntsiab lus txawv. 

It thuam qhov kev tshawb fawb tus qauv raws li txwv, thiab tau hais tias nws tsis tau ua pov thawj tias cov tsiaj thauj neeg tuaj yeem muaj sia nyob hauv cov pas dej tshiab. 

Jim Weakley, pawg thawj coj ntawm pab pawg "Jim Weakley" "Cia peb ua qee qhov haujlwm ntxiv thiab tau txais qee cov ntaub ntawv ntxiv los txiav txim siab seb qhov kev kawm no puas qhia peb txog qee yam tshiab, lossis yog tias cov ntaub ntawv no tsis tshua muaj ntsiab lus uas tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam txog cov teeb meem loj dua thiab cov ncauj lus tshiab hauv Great Lakes. , hais tom qab tsab ntawv ceeb toom tshaj tawm.

Prihoda, tus kws tshawb fawb UW-Superior, pom zoo kom muaj cov ntaub ntawv npog tag nrho lub caij thauj khoom yuav ua rau cov kws tshawb fawb pom pom tseeb dua ntawm lakers lub luag haujlwm hauv kev cuam tshuam. Nws kuj tau lees paub tias kev tshawb fawb tsis txaus txog seb hom tsiaj puas tau tsim nyob rau hauv cov pas dej tshiab tom qab caij nkoj hauv pas dej ballast. Tab sis tos kom nqis tes yog qhov txaus ntshai, Prihoda tau hais.

Kelsey Prihoda, tus kws tshawb fawb ntawm University of Wisconsin-Superior's Lake Superior Research Institute, zaum hauv nws qhov chaw ua haujlwm thaum lub Tsib Hlis 8, 2019. Lub koom haum txoj kev tshawb fawb tau pom tias "laker" nkoj ua haujlwm nkaus xwb nyob rau hauv Great Lakes tuaj yeem thauj cov tsiaj tsis sib xws ntawm cov pas dej. Prihoda pab neeg tab tom tshuaj xyuas seb tus qauv hu ua Nano Air Bubble Aeration System puas tuaj yeem tua cov kab mob nkag mus rau hauv cov dej ballast. Danielle Kaeding / Wisconsin Public Radio

"Qhov khoom yog, thaum lub cev tau tsim, nws tuaj yeem ua rau kis tau thiab kis tau. (Nws yog) lig dhau ntawm qhov taw tes ua dab tsi txog nws, "Prihoda tau hais. 

Lub Koom Haum Lake Carriers tsis kam tso cai rau Wisconsin Watch/Wisconsin Public Radio thiab Bridge Magazine los caij nkoj los qhia txog zaj dab neeg no. Rayburn tau hais tias cov lus pom zoo ntawm txoj cai los ntawm UW-Superior txoj kev tshawb fawb ua rau cov thawj coj tsis txaus siab tos txais cov neeg saib xyuas sab nraud. 

Nws tau hais tias "Peb tsuas xav kom qhov no yuav muaj kev kawm zoo dua li kev txiav txim," nws hais. 

Cov cai tshiab looming

Environmentalists vam tias kev tshawb fawb nce qib yuav ua rau EPA hauv paus los ntsaws cov cai txwv kev zam rau cov pas dej. 

Lub chaw haujlwm tab tom tsim cov qauv tshiab los ntawm 2020 rau kev pov tseg cov dej ballast thiab Coast Guard yuav tsim cov cai tswj hwm lawv los ntawm 2022. Tab sis tus kws saib xyuas ntug dej hiav txwv Richard Everett tau hais tias seb cov qauv no puas siv tau rau cov pas dej yog tseem yuav txiav txim siab.

Lub nkoj nquam nkoj, nkoj nrawm thiab cov kab nuv ntses sib qhia tus Dej Detroit nrog Paul Tregurtha, lub pas dej loj thauj neeg hu ua "laker", thaum Lub Yim Hli 4, 2019. Cov neeg nyob ib puag ncig xav kom US Environmental Protection Agency xav kom "lakers" - freighters uas tsis txhob tawm hauv Great Lakes - kom fim ballast txwv txhawm rau txo qis kev sib kis ntawm hom kab mob. Anthony Lanzilote / Choj Magazine

Txoj cai tau kos npe los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Donald Trump thaum lub Kaum Ob Hlis yog ib qho kev cuam tshuam ntawm ib puag ncig thiab kev lag luam xa khoom tom qab kev sim ua ntej hauv Congress kom loosen ballast dej tiv thaiv rau ntsev. Nws tau khaws cia EPA Txoj Cai Tswj Dej Huv Huv los teeb tsa cov qauv dej ballast, tab sis nws kuj ua rau nws nyuaj rau cov xeev los teeb tsa lawv tus kheej, nruj dua. 

Txoj cai dav dav suav nrog $ 50 lab rau kev tiv thaiv kab mob sib kis. Molly Flanagan, tus lwm thawj coj ntawm txoj cai ntawm Alliance for the Great Lakes, ib pawg neeg nyob hauv Chicago, tau hais tias cov nyiaj no tuaj yeem siv rau kev tshawb fawb dej ballast. 

Nws tau hais tias "Peb maj nrawm yuav khiav kom dhau ntawm qhov xwm txheej uas cov lakers tawm ntawm qhov tsis pom zoo thiab yuav tau kho nws cov dej siab," 

Cangelosi ntawm Penn State tau hais tias Asmeskas cov tswj hwm yuav tsum nrhiav kev daws teeb meem muaj tswv yim. Piv txwv li, cov neeg tswj xyuas tuaj yeem xav kom cov lakers tsom cov kab mob tshwj xeeb hauv cov dej ballast.

Cangelosi tau hais tias "Kuv zoo siab rau cov lakers vim lawv tsis nqa cov khoom no tuaj (los ntawm txawv teb chaws),". "Muaj ntau yam uas peb txhawj txog tuaj nrog cov ntsev, thiab tom qab ntawd cov lakers raug ntes tuav lub hnab - txav mus thoob lub pas dej." 

Danielle Kaeding ntawm Wisconsin Public Radio tau pab qhia zaj dab neeg no, kev sib koom tes ntawm Bridge Magazine, WPR thiab Wisconsin Watch. Lub Koom Haum Saib Xyuas Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv Wisconsin (www.WisconsinWatch.org) koom tes nrog WPR, Wisconsin Public TV, lwm yam xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism thiab Mass Communication. Txhua yam haujlwm tsim, luam tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Wisconsin Watch tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam txog kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm nws cov koom tes.

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Jim Malewitz tau koom nrog Wisconsin Watch hauv 2019 ua tus kws tshawb nrhiav. Nws lub luag haujlwm suav nrog kev kho, tswj cov phooj ywg thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm ua haujlwm, ua kom yooj yim rau kev sib koom tes hauv chav xov xwm thiab kev tshawb fawb qhia. Jim tau ua haujlwm yuav luag tshwj xeeb hauv kev tsis muaj txiaj ntsig, kev tshaj xov xwm pej xeem. Tsis ntev los no nws tau tshaj tawm txog ib puag ncig rau Bridge Magazine hauv nws lub xeev Michigan, tom qab plaub xyoos raws li lub zog thiab kev tshawb nrhiav neeg sau xov xwm rau Texas Tribune. Jim yav dhau los tau hais txog lub zog thiab ib puag ncig rau Stateline, cov xov xwm tsis muaj txiaj ntsig hauv Washington, DC Nws txoj haujlwm kuj tau tshwm sim hauv New York Times, Washington Post, POLITICO Magazine thiab ntawv xov xwm thoob plaws tebchaws. Jim tau kawm txog kev nom kev tswv ntawm Grinnell College hauv Iowa thiab tau kawm tiav qib siab hauv kev sau xov xwm los ntawm University of Iowa. Nyob ntawd, nws yog tus tsim cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, uas nws ua haujlwm hauv pawg thawj coj.

Sarah Whites-Koditschek tau koom nrog Center hauv 2018 raws li Wisconsin Public Radio Mike Simonson Memorial Investigative Reporting Fellow. Yav dhau los Sarah tau ua haujlwm raws li Little Rock-based reporter hais txog kev noj qab haus huv, kev kawm, thiab kev nom kev tswv rau Arkansas Public Media, ib txoj haujlwm sau xov xwm thoob plaws lub xeev nws tau pib thiab pab tshaj tawm hauv 2016. Nws cov dab neeg tau tshaj tawm hauv Asmeskas Public Media Marketplace thiab ntawm National Public Radio's Morning Edition thiab Txhua Yam Xav Tau. Nws kuj tau tshaj tawm thiab tsim cov xov xwm rau WHYY hauv Philadelphia. Sarah yog kawm tiav ntawm Columbia Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Kev Sau Xov Xwm uas nws tau txais Master's degree ntawm Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. Nws tau yeej thawj qhov chaw PRNDI thiab Regional Edward R. Murrow khoom plig, thiab yog ib tug tswv cuab ntawm IRE, SPJ, RTDNA, JAWS, thiab AIR. Nws yog tus hais lus Spanish tau zoo.