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Books, Authors, Art and MusicForests and PlantsHistory and CultureLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchPoints 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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AuthorsFish, Birds and AnimalsJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsProtectScience, Technology, ResearchGreat Lakes Moment: A Detroit perspective on the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act
-On the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, it is good to reflect on some of its successes here in metropolitan Detroit’s backyard.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekWisconsinCoastal erosion researcher appeals for help in finding her remote-control boat
-The student was gathering the final data set for her Ph.D. when her small research boat stopped responding to the remote control.
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AuthorsClimate ChangeFeature HomepageGary WilsonLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchNew University of Michigan led initiative expands climate research across borders
-When it comes to fostering resilience in the face of climate change in the waters that border the U.S. and Canada, hydrologist Drew Gronewold wants the region to be a “role model for the world.”
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Bird songs may ease the blues
-The Great Lakes region’s more than 300 bird species may provide valuable mental health benefits.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchIn warming Great Lakes, climate triage means some cold waters won’t be saved
-Government officials begin the grim task of prioritizing which cold lakes and rivers to sacrifice — or save — as the climate changes. Not all cold-water loving fish may survive in the northern Great Lakes region.
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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicCapri CafaroClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFoodHistory and CultureLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchBook Review: Saving our changing menu in the Great Lakes region and beyond
-“Our Changing Menu: Climate Change and the Foods We Love and Need” offers examples of how our global food system is affected by climate change. More importantly, it offers hope and solutions for the future that can be applied right here in the Great Lakes region and beyond.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsI Speak for the Fish: Mesmerized by minnows
-Dazzling metallic flashes radiated around me with each twist and turn of their slender bodies. I was completely immobilized and mesmerized by the splendor.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsMichiganNewsPoints NorthScience, Technology, ResearchPoints North: We Got Jellyfish!
-Freshwater jellyfish have been in inland lakes and rivers throughout the Great Lakes region since 1933. But a century after their discovery, we still don’t know much about the elusive creatures. A team of student scientists is trying to change that.
