by boxcar-admin | Oct 22, 2013
Sustainable Communities and Clean Marinas What makes a coastal community vibrant? The formula is complex, but one piece is simple: clean water. Marina owners, industry representatives and interested citizens from around the Great Lakes recently joined Michigan Sea...
by boxcar-admin | Jul 22, 2013
The Dangerous Side of Currents – Learning about Great Lakes Currents In a darkened room full of natural resource professionals, pictures of splendid summer scenes were used to start off presentations. The pictures showed people playing at the beach, swimmers’...
by boxcar-admin | May 7, 2013
Image courtesy: Eric J. Anderson, Physical Scientist, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory The World of Modeling Exploring scientific models By Stephanie Ariganello, Michigan Sea Grant Models are misunderstood. No, not the beauties of the fashion variety...
by boxcar-admin | Mar 25, 2013
Climate Change and Water Quality in the Great Lakes Michigan Sea Grant is leading the outreach and education component of a five-year project focusing on climate change and water quality. Researchers are using the western basin of Lake Erie and the Maumee River...
by boxcar-admin | Feb 26, 2013
Scientists Among Us: Consider Becoming a Citizen Scientist Did you ever fancy yourself a scientist? Citizen science is booming. You can be part of the movement. Whether it’s eyeballing birds, spotting salamanders, identifying and counting aquatic bugs or gauging...
by boxcar-admin | Jan 30, 2013
Tackling Complex Environmental Problems What do muck, water highways, small harbors, Great Lakes education, the Grand River and dead birds have in common? They are all emerging or ongoing complex problems experienced in coastal Michigan that have been identified in...
