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Potential hydrogen source could power trucks while reducing greenhouse gases

By Jake Christie | March 31, 2023

It’s better suited than batteries to power large vehicles that need to travel long distances like semi-trucks, because hydrogen refuels much faster than batteries recharge.

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Native plant projects help pollinators across state

By Guest Contributor | March 30, 2023

Funding these projects through grants is important because it increases native plant presence, which helps pollinators thrive.

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Artificial reefs bring wild lake trout to Lake Huron

By Daniel Schoenherr | March 21, 2023

The constructed reefs are likely to be adequate for fish to breed and reproduce indefinitely.

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Michigan’s Magnet Man attracts river trash

By Vladislava Sukhanovskaya | March 9, 2023

The heaviest thing that he has found is a full-sized safe in the Rouge River in Delray, Michigan, taking seven people with magnets and hooks to pull it out.

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Social media for anglers produces climate change data for researchers

By Jack Armstrong | March 8, 2023

Fishbrain is an app that allows users to post photos of their catches and log  the species and size of the fish they caught, the gear they used and the location, date and time of the catch. 

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Detroit group reduces waste and improves education by merging art and science 

By Genevieve Fox | March 7, 2023

The organization teaches kids at its brick and mortar building or travels to communities with a bus filled with recycled materials.

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Electric boats expected to make a splash in Michigan this year

By Guest Contributor | March 1, 2023

Given improvements in electric motors, boats can handle larger lakes, but the trend has other benefits as well.

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MiWaterNet monitors quality of northern Michigan streams

By Nicoline Bradford | February 27, 2023

This network provides valuable, real time data on a stream’s water quality, level and temperature. 

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First-ever transit service hovercraft in North America plans to hit the water in summer 2023

By Guest Contributor | February 23, 2023

More modern versions have switched to a more conventional diesel engine, much quieter and much more fuel- efficient.

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Four electric buses will hit University of Michigan’s campus next summer

By Guest Contributor | February 22, 2023

Power is supplied to the electric motor very quickly which gives the electric bus high performance and rapid acceleration.

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About Great Lakes Echo

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

  • Winter makes curved roads dangerous; researchers seek solutions

    By Eric Freedman Flashing light on warning signs near curves can slow drivers and reduce the odds of a crash during winter weather conditions, says a new study by Michigan State University engineers.

  • The cover of “Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project." The cover is moose antlers on the ground.
    Great Lakes books for your holiday gift list 

    By Eric Freedman   Looking for a holiday gift for a reader who loves the Great Lakes? Here are five prospects to consider – and what our reporters learned from interviewing their authors this year.

  • A side-by-side of the historic Portage Canal and modern Portage Canal from an aerial view.
    Restoration of historical site improves quality of life for Portage, Wisconsin residents

    By Joshua Kim Following the completion of segments 1 and 2 of the Portage Canal, local residents and visitors can use the historic site and its amenities following years of disrepair.

  • What herring gulls tell us about plastic pollution

    By Victoria Witke Christina Petalas, a doctoral student McGill University, studies herring gulls to learn about plastic pollution near the St. Lawrence River. Across two studies, she found plastic additives in every bird sampled, which could have human health consequences.

  • Scientists update geological map of northern Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva The U.S. Geological Survey has began large-scale low-level airplane flights over Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition. The data will be used to create two- and three-dimensional maps to better understand the geological structure at depths of about 10,000 feet.

  • ‘Refusal is insisting on your own terms’: Indigenous activism in the Midwest

    By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira “Indigenous Activism in the Midwest: Refusal, Resurgence and Resisting Settler Colonialism” explores how Dakota and Anishinaabe communities in Minnesota continue their relationships to the land and challenge dominant settler narratives about ownership, belonging and identity.

  • Cannabis workers are developing job-related asthma and some have died, study says

    By Clara Lincolnhol New research says workers picking, grinding and packaging cannabis are developing workplace-related asthma, and two deaths have occurred so far.

  • Swiss researcher studies ‘abandonment tourism’ in Detroit

    By Camila Bello Castro A recent case study of a former “abandonment tourism” business in Detroit found a disconnect between the lived experience of many city residents and the lives of the tour participants who were generally white, younger and more international than most Detroiters and generally first-time visitors to the city.

  • Wolves hunt beavers in Isle Royale National Park, changing the ecosystem

    By Akia Thrower A new study reveals how gray wolves in Isle Royale National Park seasonally alter their habitat preferences to align with beavers’ habitat preferences, a shift that might have implications for the island’s ecosystem.

  • Green clues: Crime-busters turn to moss to help solve crimes 

    By Eric Freedman Tiny pieces of moss can be crime-busters, says a study examining how law enforcement agencies, forensic teams and botanists have used moss to solve murders, track missing people, calculate how long ago someone died and – in a notorious Mason County case – try to locate the body of a baby murdered by her father.

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