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Woof, there it is: A spotted lanternfly!

By Genevieve Fox | 20 hours ago

These dogs continue to work on other invasive species detection prevention projects like sticky sage and oak wilt, a type of fungus.

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Oilseeds could help farmers and soil alike

The lifecycle of microbes and plants creates a system that can filter and hold more water and nutrients, which provides a buffer against drought and unpredictable rain.

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Can social media responsibly guide environmental decisions?

On Twitter recreation was the most popular topic of discussion, and that users cared more about pollution’s impact on public health than its impact on property values.

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Gardening with a whole community could reduce violent crimes in neighborhoods, study says

Cleaning up and greening the lots helps to reduce violence. That effect improves when the local community is engaged in those activities instead of having the lots professionally mowed

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New book highlights human mistreatment of Upper Midwest lakes
Lake Michigan shipwreck added to National Register of Historic Places
Climate change is killing our trees, study finds

Climate

  • Commentary: Global warming, climate change and my ice cream

    Situated at the end of town by the Flat River, Ball’s Softee Creme is the perfect place to grab an ice cream cone with friends during the summer months. However, climate change has summer shops like Ball's Softee Creme opening two months earlier than years prior.

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Water quality

  • Toxic hotspot builds nontoxic community engagement

    There were no controls over what was being dumped into the river. It was a free for all.

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Invaders

  • Ancient invention may safely move fish across barriers while blocking invaders, study finds

    In the course of 11 days, a device dating back to 234 B.C. successfully transported 704 fish across the Cheboygan Dam in the northern part of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula with no injuries observed.

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Wildlife

  • Effectiveness of cormorant hunting questioned

    Ecology cautions against overgeneralizing the impact of cormorants on fish populations because what the birds feed on differs by available species, the age and size of the fish they eat, and where they feed in their respective territories.

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Energy

  • University of Wisconsin partnership converts manure to jet fuel while easing climate change

    The California based company refines biogases produced by landfills, food waste or manure from Wisconsin farms into fuel.

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Art

  • University of Michigan hosts smelly art installation

    This project really provides a leverage for organizations to be more actively involved, and engage the community into big societal issues of our time.

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Law

  • Feds mum about yellow-faced grassquit trafficker

    The grassquit is a small bird that lives in grassy and weedy subtropical and tropical areas.

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Nearshore

  • A cost-effective solution to beach erosion

    The bay is eroding quickly, leaving the inland vulnerable. 

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Urban

  • Great Lakes region is resource rich, so why aren’t cities ‘greener’?

    A recent report from WalletHub, “2022’s Greenest Cities in America,” ranked Buffalo, Madison, Cincinnati and Milwaukee among the Great Lakes region’s best for engaging in cleaner, more sustainable habits.

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Farm

  • Minnesota farmer accused of multimillion dollar organic grain scam

    A federal grand jury has indicted a Minnesota farmer for allegedly cheating buyers of more than $46 million by falsely labeling non-GMO soybeans and corn as organic.

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Waste

  • Cities of tomorrow are surprisingly old

    A new report by RentCafe documents the nationwide trend. So-called adaptive reuse apartments are more popular than new apartment developments from 2020-2021, the study says. 

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Recreation

  • National park attendance, student activities, reflect outdoor habits adopted in the pandemic

    In addition, the pandemic sparked individual decisions to spend more time outside.

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Commentary

  • Commentary: Nature and fashion

    Finding out what fabric something is made of, the process behind it and everything in between only made me love fashion more. 

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Catch of the Day

  • Melanoma cases higher in rural areas, study finds

    Research shows that rural residents have higher rates of breast, prostate, cervical and colorectal cancer, lower rates of preventative screening and higher death rates from those types of cancer than urban residents.

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Podcasts

  • Northern Ontario art form pays homage to Native roots

    Heavily symbolic, Woodland art uses the vibrancy of primary colors to convey the ideology behind Ojibwe culture in the forms of animals, plants, people and even the land.

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Climate Stories

COVID-19

  • Communities welcome return of winter festivals

    By Sammy Schuck Most people may know that festivals attract people to Michigan communities. What most may not know is that festivals and events in the state are an annual $1 billion industry, according to Michigan Festivals and Events Association CEO Mike Szukhent. According to Szukhent, the lack of winter festivals last year “hit hard.” […]

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