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Adopt-a-Beach collects Great Lakes trash and data
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Volunteers recently collected trash from 243 Great Lakes beaches.
The most numerous piece of litter?
Cigarette butts.
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Vote for best named Great Lakes brew
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We culled through your nominations for the best name of a beer brewed in the Great Lakes watershed and put some of them on this poll. Our selection is arbitrary and of course misses many beers and breweries that were not nominated. And yeah, we get it about those of you who disdain creative names as something that fails to impress true beer aficionados. But sheesh…lighten up. Our bias is toward names that are particularly relevant to the Great Lakes environment or places.
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Educators actively fighting “nature deficit disorder”
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To address what is sometimes referred to as Nature Deficit Disorder, educators are developing teaching supplements that integrate more outdoor education or “place-based education” into schools.
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Researchers discover what makes the best environmental citizens
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Researchers have found what they believe to be the traits that make the very best environmental citizens. Patient, confident, and persistent people make some of the best environmental citizens, according to Kyle Whyte and Matt Ferkany, researchers at Michigan State University. Friendliness, wit, self-confidence, humility, fairness, patience and dependability are other traits they discovered associated with environmental interest. Ferkany is an assistant professor of teacher education; Whyte is a visiting professor of philosophy. “(When one) has a lot of confidence and not inclusive they think they are always right,” Ferkany noted.
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Newly discovered bacteria unique to Great Lakes states
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Researchers have discovered a new strain of tick-borne bacteria in two Great Lakes states – Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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River monitoring cuts could stop crucial data flow to river regulators
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More than a dozen devices broadcasting crucial water data from rivers across Michigan could soon be switched off as a result of projected state and federal budget cuts.
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Land use key to protecting Muskegon River from effects of climate change
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The fate of the Muskegon River in a warming climate depends on how the land around it is managed.
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Carp fight: Stymied in the courts, states widen the scope of the battle
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The carp fights rage on.
An appeals court ruled against closing the Chicago locks. Now Great Lakes state attorneys are looking for support outside the region.
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University will help Great Lakes cities adapt to climate change
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The University of Michigan is helping them with a new $1.2 million research project. Dubbed the “Great Lakes Adaptation Assessment for Cities,” the project teams researchers with city decision makers in five Great Lakes cities. They’ll provide the climate change science specifically for those communities.
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How should Great Lakes cities tap their water wealth?
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Detroit and Milwaukee are luring businesses with water. Could it boost economies?
Can discounted water rates and investment in water technologies transform the region?