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Smart buoys help brace Great Lakes for environmental challenges
-Lake Erie is the first of the Great Lakes getting connected to the internet with a series of offshore “smart” buoys. And it’s not just for sending texts on the water.
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Consortium of Great Lakes universities and tech companies gets $15M to seek ways to clean wastewater
-The National Science Foundation has given a consortium of Great Lakes-area universities and tech companies $15 million to develop ways to extract harmful substances from wastewater.
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You can’t stop the lake
-Pollution plays a role in preventing shoreline erosion for lakeside properties.
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Waves of Change: Meet Wisconsin Green Muslims founder and director Huda Alkaff
-We spoke with Huda Alkaff, an ecologist, environmental educator and the founder and director of Wisconsin Green Muslims.
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‘It only makes sense’: Houses of worship adding solar arrays
-Organizations across the country are focused on getting more houses of worship to install solar panels, including in Michigan.
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Defense Department to again target ‘forever chemicals’ contamination near Michigan military base
-The U.S. Department of Defense plans to install two more groundwater treatment systems at a former Michigan military base to control contamination from forever chemicals.
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Army Corps plans $1 billion barricade to deter invasive carp at Illinois and Des Plaines Rivers
-Invasive carp could threaten the $7 billion recreation and commercial fishing industry around the Great Lakes.
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Lake Erie is 13% frozen, expect less freezing in the future
-The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said ice on the Great Lakes decreased by 5% each decade for 50 years.
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Points North: Can AI Caribou Lead Us To Our Prehistoric Past?
-A team of archaeologists looks for signs of prehistoric life 100 feet underwater in Lake Huron. But they need help narrowing their search. So, they turn to artificial intelligence.