Revved-up climate change now permeates Americans’ daily lives with harm that is “already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States,” a massive new government report says.
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Concerns about Michigan steelhead populations prompt new catch limits
State regulators are ratcheting down the number of fish anglers can keep in some rivers, citing fears that the fish could be in trouble. State scientists disagree.
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Episode 2310 Lesson Plans: Dynamic populations
Lessons and activities based on the monthly Great Lakes Now program.
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Lake Superior swimmers
In the waters of Lake Superior, a group of six swimmers participated in a relay covering 48 miles.
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Points North: The plant musician
Tom Wall is a West Michigan rock star who uses plants as bandmates. He uses a device to harness the electricity in plants, which then turns those impulses into musical notes. Tom insists the plants are talking to us through the music. But can they really do that?
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Canada says it can fight climate change and be major oil nation. Massive fires may force a reckoning
Thousands of wildfires in Canada this year have incinerated an area larger than Florida, releasing into the atmosphere more than three times the amount of carbon dioxide that is produced by Canada in an entire year. And some are still burning.
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Wisconsin agency’s expanded mission led to record $450 million investment in Milwaukee waterways
Sewerage district leadership sealed the deal to remediate two million cubic yards of contaminated sediment
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Building a Smart Lake Erie Watershed
Water quality sensors in Lake Erie are being networked to make more data accessible to researchers and government agencies, as well as the public.
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How climate change can confuse fall foliage
Northern Michigan had another beautiful fall full of brilliant foliage. When and how those leaves change depends on a lot of factors, including a changing climate.
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PFAS News Roundup: How ‘forever chemicals’ affect the human body
Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.