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Reports,predictions and warnings of climate change are hard to avoid these days.
But just how are Americans processing all of this news and what do we really think about climate change and our environment?
A changing climate has implications for the greatness of Great Lakes grapes.
But researchers say the long term impact on taste and production is still a tough call.
The emerald ash borer has killed acres of ash trees across Michigan since 2002. However, research suggest the invasive beetle from Asia may have arrived in Michigan even earlier.
Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM.
Nov. 8, 2013, The Environment Report, Mr. Great Lakes, Jeff Kart, Q-90.1 FM Delta College NPR by jeffkart
This week, Kart discusses a red-tailed hawk that has been coming to Saginaw County’s Shiawassee National Refuge for the last 27 years. Text at Mr. Great Lakes
As climate changes and growing seasons are interrupted by drought and frost, trees become more vulnerable to insects and disease.
Jon Allan describes himself as a “systems guy” and says that’s what drives his world-view.
That’s important to know because his current “system” happens to be the Great Lakes and the waters of Michigan.
Homeowners whose property was contaminated by materials from a now-defunct chemical plant in Michigan’s Gratiot County have lost their lawsuit against contractors and trucking companies that removed toxic sediments from the adjacent Pine River.
Two miles of pristine Lake Superior shoreline, sand dunes and an 83-acre inland lake are now open to the public as part of a 3,816-acre expansion of state-owned forestland in the central Upper Peninsula.
Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM. Nov. 1, 2013 – The Environment Report – Mr. Great Lakes – Jeff Kart by jeffkart
This week, Kart discusses a new app to help prevent microbeads in the Great Lakes, registration for the Great Lakes Bowl, and a comment on the Clean Water Act. Text at Mr. Great Lakes
