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Shipwrecked schooner with unique centerboard gets historic designation
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Unique design helped vessel handle the wind and adjust its configuration to pass through canals.
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Americans, especially millennials, are embracing plant-based meat products
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Americans eat more meat on average than citizens of any other nation, but new survey findings show that plant-based meat products are winning fans across the US.
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Isle Royale squirrels may have swum from mainland
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Isle Royale’s abundant red squirrels were once considered a localized subspecies. But the latest DNA testing tells a different story.
Climate
Google adds Detroit to online sustainability database
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The Environmental Insight Explorer collects a city’s potential solar output, carbon emissions and long term climate outlook.
Birds
Identifying waterbird hotspots in the Great Lakes is important for birds’ survival, a study shows
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A recent study done in the Great Lakes highlights the importance of waterbird hotspot conservation.
The Buzz
Wasp recruited for Michigan stink bug fight
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Sometimes you have to fight invasive species with outside help.
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Lake Ontario floods homes, social media
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Flood victims of the Lake Ontario and Lawrence River high water levels use social media groups to discuss damage and solutions.
Wildlife
Fish guts show changes on the Lake Huron menu
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Alewives were once an important food source for top predators and popular gamefish such as salmon and lake trout. But Great Lakes populations of the small fish started to decline in the early 1980s.
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The first Great Lakes steamboat was a Walk in the Water
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Marine artist and historian Robert McGreevy tells the tale of the first Great Lakes steamboat. Parts of it ended up in the steeple of a Presbyterian church in Lancaster, New York.
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Among the Wonders of the Dells: A look through Wisconsin History
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Why is the waterpark capital of the world in central Wisconsin?That’s the question that caused a team at the Museum of Wisconsin Art to search for photographs to trace the history of the Wisconsin Dells.