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The art of science communication: Cafe Scientifique

By Kate Habrel | June 4, 2018

Relax and enjoy a side of science with your coffee at this café.

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Cameras aim dredge at Lake Michigan mussels

By Kate Habrel | April 23, 2018

Scientists are using GoPros to guide equipment that tracks invasive quagga mussels.

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Chicago greenprint update maps fate of natural resources

By Kate Habrel | March 12, 2018

City planners in Chicago are using a digital map of natural resources to help them decide where and what to build.

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Fate of the Earth conference now accepting art submissions

By Kate Habrel | February 20, 2018

For the first time, this annual symposium is accepting artwork to be shown at the event.

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Video game pipeline attack generates Great Lakes controversy

By Kate Habrel | February 14, 2018

Thunderbird Strike, a video game with an environmental message, has come under fire from petroleum advocates.

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Is Thunderbird Strike a fun learning tool or an ecoterrorist’s version of Angry Birds?

By Kate Habrel | February 14, 2018

Do the negative claims leveled at the video game Thunderbird Strike hold up? Or does its environmental message hold weight?

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New book shows off Michigan’s best waterfalls

By Kate Habrel | November 30, 2017

“Waterfalls” and “Michigan” aren’t usually paired. Photographer Phil Stagg hopes to change that with his latest book.

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Book gives voice to Driftless Area artists

By Kate Habrel | November 14, 2017

A recent book puts together writings and pictures from the Driftless Area, a unique Midwestern region.

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Poet explores environment through language of dementia

By Kate Habrel | October 30, 2017

Janet Kauffman explores her experiences in water conservation and with her father’s dementia in a recent poetry collection.

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#ChicagoFishes reels in rare catch

By Kate Habrel | October 23, 2017

A young angler reeled in the catch of a lifetime during the first annual #ChicagoFishes event.

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Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

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