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Now a booming suburb of Metro Detroit, Southfield has come a long way from a small agricultural town.
The city grew from around 18,500 residents in 1950 to more than 78,000 residents in 2000 before declining to 71,758 residents by 2010.
This increase was due to the growth of suburbs, where fresh air and having your own backyard was advertised by real estate agencies, as opposed to city living, where housing was crowded and dense.
Ironically the ruling that manure is not a contaminant or waste may mean that an insurer has to pay to fix or replace wells polluted by it.
Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM.
Jan. 10, 2014 – Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) – Friday EDITION – Q-90.1 FM Delta College Public Radio by jeffkart
This week, Kart discusses a project to gather algae photos, Michigan’s Clean Energy Manufacturing Roadmap project and a study about Asian carp. Text at Mr. Great Lakes
Invasive species are a problem, but are they a death sentence for the ecosystems that they infect?
Not quite, according to a new university study.
This color-enhanced picture from the NASA Earth Observatory shows how the cold air moving across warmer waters of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior during this week’s arctic storm transformed water vapor into steam fog. NASA says one of its satellites on Jan. 6 captured the data used here to illustrate the difference between snow (bright orange), water clouds (white), and mixed clouds (peach). Here’s what steam fog looked like near Chicago and from the ground view.
A new conservative group is hoping to open up the conversation about renewable energy. The Michigan Conservative Energy Forum is working to increase the state’s investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy programs.
Take a look at the NASA Earth Observatory’s remarkable photo of the gigantic snowstorm this week that affected all of the Great Lakes region, plus many other states.
It lets you scan bar codes of personal hygiene products to see if they contain microbeads of plastic, an increasing pollution concern in the Great Lakes and elsewhere.
Is hunting consistent with species recovery?
In the spirit of our “Green Gridirons” series (but just in case college football wasn’t your thing), the “Big Ten’s Eco Efforts” series highlights creative off-the-field sustainability efforts at Big Ten universities. The F.H. King organic farm at the University of Wisconsin has been growing produce for students to veg out on since 1979. The urban garden is the pride of the sustainability of agriculture program at the Madison campus. Not only does the farm donate to the school’s cafeterias to support late night food runs, but it also donates 500 pounds of produce every year to area food banks, said Meredith Keller, student programs coordinator at the university’s office of sustainability. “Our members participate in all aspects of managing a garden and either sell or hand out fruits and vegetables at locations on campus,” Keller said.