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MiWaterNet monitors quality of northern Michigan streams
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This network provides valuable, real time data on a stream’s water quality, level and temperature.
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This network provides valuable, real time data on a stream’s water quality, level and temperature.
Each home will have all-electric appliances powered by solar panels. They will be built with sustainably harvested wood.
Michigan farmers across the state say that the use of drones could revolutionize farming, but researchers working with drones say federal laws fail to meet their needs.
A new Environmental Protection Agency mobile app will help communities track water quality at their beaches.
Despite setbacks from the pandemic, a food waste reduction company has diverted over 50 million pounds of food from landfills.
Many drone pilots who started a business to provide photo and video services to clients of all types now are specializing.
Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium has released the Great Lakes Fish Finder App to record fish sightings in the Great Lakes area.
New EPA app maps algal blooms to warn water managers, help control health risks and educate the public.
The new USGS topoView app allows anyone to access and download topographic maps — nearly 180,000 of them — dating back to the 1880s.
By Joe Vaillancourt
Capital News Service
The University of Michigan competes with a prestigious solar car team. Start-up solar projects in Lansing and at Michigan State University (highlighted in the video to the right) show the potential of solar power in the state. Even signs along Michigan’s freeways are powered by the sun. Despite such advances in efficiency, experts say solar energy and self-sufficient homes aren’t in Michigan’s near future–and not because of weather. Costs, among other concerns, remain too high for most consumers.