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Latest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPoints North: A Sticky Solution for Microplastics
-Microplastics are everywhere. But after accidentally combining materials in a lab, scientists at the University of Michigan are on the cusp of discovering a new method to capture and remove microplastics from water.
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Points North: Big Abe’s Net
-One calm September day, Big Abe LeBlanc set his fishing net in Lake Superior. Then he called law enforcement and turned himself in. What happened next changed fishing in the Great Lakes forever.
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Public comment opens on a plan to clear trees for solar near Gaylord
-DNR pans to clear a little over half a square mile of forest for solar panels in Otsego County sparked a firestorm of criticism from lawmakers.
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Points North: The Squeaky Sand Phenomenon
-In the middle of the total solar eclipse over Lake Ontario, something else kept grabbing Meghan Hetfield and her partner’s attention: the mystery of the squeaky sand all around them.
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Points North: Complete With His Language
-Kenny Pheasant first became a teacher of Anishinaabemowin at 14 years old. Now, it’s his life mission to get more people speaking the Great Lakes’ original and endangered language.
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Climate takes its toll on the “cherry capital of the world”
-In partnership with Grist, a look at how northern Michigan’s famous industry is coping with a changing climate.
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Points North: The Iceman Giveth, The Iceman Taketh
-This is a tale of two cyclists, one legendary race, and an unlikely rivalry.
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Protection of wetlands could come down to farmers, says a new report
-Industrial agriculture in the Upper Midwest has been a driving force behind wetland loss. The farm bill might hold a solution.
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CollaborationLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingPoints North: Saving David
-One minute David Holtfreter was kayaking on Lake Michigan, the next he was fighting for his life. A fisherman swam out to rescue him, but David wasn’t able to thank him in the commotion that followed.
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FoodForests and PlantsLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchTourismSmashing pumpkins in Traverse City to reduce trash
-As part of a waste diversion effort, more than 3 tons of pumpkin waste are being composted in Traverse City.
