Climate
City street trees mitigate climate change better than expected
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Trees are an important component of controlling city flooding. According to researchers, removing a single tree can increase stormwater runoff by 1,585 gallons.
Climate
Climate change challenges Michigan’s power delivery
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Michigan utilities are struggling to provide reliable energy to customers as storms become more frequent and severe.
Echo
Echo joins climate reporting collaborative
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Great Lakes Echo has joined a nationwide collaborative to provide better and more local reporting of climate change.
Climate
Composting fabric fights climate change
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Instead of tossing that old t-shirt, use it to help plants grow.
Energy
Churches see the (solar) light
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Interest in powering Catholic parishes, schools and missions with the sun is surging in the wake of a large solar deal recently announced in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
Climate
Climate change is driving rapid shifts between high and low water levels on the Great Lakes
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Over the past 20 years, Great Lakes water levels have gone from sustained multiyear lows to multiyear highs. Climate change is accelerating the transition between dry phases and wet phases.
CIGLR
Researchers to sharpen Great Lakes ice alerts
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The data is available. Now the challenge is to provide it in a way that helps Great Lakes shippers and ice breakers.
clean energy
State energy bill could increase costs for solar users
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Charging for the cost of moving solar power over the utility grid discourages investment. And advocates say such costs are offset by producing cheap power instead of using high-cost generators to meet peak demand.
Air
Photo Friday: cloud streams over the Great Lakes
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Here’s what happens when cold air blows across warm water.
Climate
Strong El Nino will influence Great Lakes water levels
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A winter warmer than the last two will increase evaporation. And precipitation will drop. But experts say many other factors also influence water levels. That makes them hard to predict.