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Commentary: Universities are an important part of the nonprofit media landscape

By David Poulson | July 23, 2019

Knight Center students, alumni, news networks push environmental news distribution.

Diversity

Hip-hop forestry with Thomas Easley

By Marshall Lee Weimer | May 8, 2019

Combining a love for both forestry and hip-hop, Thomas Easley has recruited diverse students into environmental sciences.

Art

This art plants seeds of environmental awareness

By Gina Navaroli | April 15, 2019

Repurposing seeds into art is how botanical artist Shilin Hora’s helps people appreciate nature.

Climate change

Deadly fish virus returns to northern Michigan hatchery

By Marshall Lee Weimer | March 21, 2019

The Marquette State Fish Hatchery lost around 100,000 fish in 2012 to the disease, according to a new publication in the American Fisheries Society. Similar losses happened again in 2017.

Climate

Poor mixing of nutrients among looming climate change impacts

By Kaley Fech | March 19, 2019

A temperature change of 3 to 4 degrees is also big enough to push back annual events, such as bird migrations and the developmental stages of plants, experts say.

Climate

New climate study matches cities to their future selves

By Andrew Blok | March 18, 2019

Local officials say study could help them prepare their cities for climate change, including planting different species of trees.

CIGLR

Researchers to sharpen Great Lakes ice alerts

By Andrew Blok | February 27, 2019

The data is available. Now the challenge is to provide it in a way that helps Great Lakes shippers and ice breakers.

The Buzz

Culinary guide gives bees something to buzz about

By Eric Freedman | February 25, 2019

Discovering what bees like to eat has important ramifications for growers and farmers whose flowering fruits and vegetables depend on bees for pollination.

Echo

Between government shutdowns? Great Lakes researchers struggle to carry on

By Andrew Blok | February 7, 2019

Another shutdown could irreversibly damage research efforts and make it difficult to schedule federal boats, buoys and labs that scientists need.

Phragmites are a grass like invasive species that can grow to a height of 10 ft. Photo: Nps.gov.
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Phrag fight: is it friend or foe?

By Whitney McDonald | November 16, 2018

How the First Nations people of Walpole Island are approaching the phragmites problem.

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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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