Category: Great Lakes Echo
Book explores Northern Michigan’s climate haven potential
“This Magnetic North” explores how Northern Michigan’s temperate climate, buffered by the Great Lakes, makes the region a hotspot for climate migration.
Insects offer new hope in Michigan State University’s fight against forever chemicals
Researchers at Michigan State University are exploring an unexpected new tool that could reshape how scientists detect so-called forever chemicals in lakes, rivers and wetlands across the Great Lakes. Scientists have discovered that locusts can sniff out PFAS contaminants down to parts per trillion, a level of detection far beyond most conventional sensors. The new […]
Michigan city continues push to replace thousands of lead water service lines
By Demonte Thomas
Most households in Jackson, Michigan, get their water through lead pipes. But the city is making significant progress in changing that, an official said.
Shipwrecks: Cultural heritage protection and underwater tombs
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva
In a recent article, archaeologist and attorney Ryan Seidemann argues that existing laws do not always provide adequate protection for shipwrecks as cultural heritage sites and underwater burial sites.
Most of Minnesota’s gray wolf pups don’t survive first year, but population remains stable
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva
Only about 30 percent of gray wolf pups survive their first year of life even though the wolf population in the region remains stable, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota.