Echo
Can social media responsibly guide environmental decisions?
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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
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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
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More recent lakefront homes have been much bigger, and in turn use more natural resources and put more strain on the lakes than the surrounding properties.
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Lake Michigan shipwreck added to National Register of Historic Places
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Now submerged in Green Bay, the ship was launched in 1890 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, from the Burger & Burger shipyard.
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Climate change is killing our trees, study finds
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Juvenile trees are experiencing increased mortality due to global warming and reduced rainfall.
Wildlife
Effectiveness of cormorant hunting questioned
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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.
Echo
Vet care needed for pets of homeless owners
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There’s a lot of people out there that, if they had to choose to go into homelessness with or without their pet, they would take that pet with them, because they’re part of their family.
Solutions
Land O’Lakes helps push for sustainable farming
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Land O’Lakes says it’s prepared to help alleviate the risk of switching to more climate-smart practices that improve soil health.
Echo
University of Michigan hosts smelly art installation
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This project really provides a leverage for organizations to be more actively involved, and engage the community into big societal issues of our time.
Recreation
National park attendance, student activities, reflect outdoor habits adopted in the pandemic
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In addition, the pandemic sparked individual decisions to spend more time outside.