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Rainwater to be collected in Illinois for non-potable uses? |
Yesterday, Illinois Senate Bill 2549 was approved in the Illinois Senate unanimously. This bill now makes its way to the IL... |
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How to Catch Big Game Fish—From a Kayak |
Sitting sideways in a kayak, I cast a plug into the inky-black dark of a south Louisiana salt marsh. It’s a half-hour... |
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Solar-powered 102-foot boat debuts |
What is being touted as the world's largest solar boat was unveiled recently at a shipyard in Kiel, Germany. Called... |
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Sex hormones tested in fight against sea lamprey |
The next phase of the decades-long fight against destructive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes was expected to begin Monday... |
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Diving the deep wrecks |
During the winter months, Bay View resident Jitka Hanakova works as a business analyst. But from April to October, she takes... |
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Underwater robot hunts in Great Lakes |
One of the Environmental Protection Agency's newest members uses side-scan sonar to look at the watery depths of Lake... |
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San Diego Firm Builds Oceangoing Electric Vessel |
Visitors to the San Diego Sunroad Boat Show may have caught a glimpse of the future when they saw Electro-Mariner’s... |
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Fish Egg Disinfectant Shown to Prevent Transmission of Devastating Fish Disease: |
A disinfection solution presently used for salmon eggs also prevents transmission of the virus that causes viral hemorrhagic... |
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Buoy technology reveals workings of Great Lakes |
The map is a Battleship board without grid lines.
Red, yellow and blue squares on online maps mark where research scientists... |
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Managed Wolf Populations Could Restore Ecosystems |
Researchers writing in the February issue of BioScience propose reintroducing small, managed populations of wolves into... |
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America's Cup contenders are back on the water testing technology in Valencia |
With fewer than two weeks to go to the start of the 33rd America's cup race, warmer, sunny weather returned to Valencia... |
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New crops to boost biofuel |
Corn is about to get some competition in the biofuel industry. A team of professors from MSU’s Department of... |
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NOAA, Google partner on data visualization project |
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Google have agreed to jointly develop technology that will... |
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St. Lawrence Ice: Earth Image of the Week |
Eddies and swirls of ice that collected at the mouth of Canada’s St. Lawrence River in mid-January created hazards to... |
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Campion Marine selects Ashland’s Envirez bio-based resin for all new boat construction |
Canada’s largest fiberglass boat builder, Campion Marine Inc., is bringing improved environmental performance to its... |
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Boat ‘Bond’ing |
Tim Neuens recalls watching Glastron GT 150s darting about on the Fox River with other sporty little speedboats near... |
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Europe Plans Offshore Wind Supergrid |
As the United Nations climate meetings in Copenhagen get under way, nine European countries have pledged to create a “... |
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An easier way to see what lies beneath |
A Kingston diving company will be exploring the many wrecks in the Kingston area in a custom-made submersible next year.... |
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Yamaha unveils ‘next generation’ four strokes |
In the largest and broadest product introduction in its history, Yamaha Motor Corp. presented nine new outboard engines... |
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Underwater Cameras Are Not Just For Ice Fishing |
Leave the fishing pole at home, you won't have time for it! Grab your underwater camera and your hand held gps... |
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Saving barrels for a rainy day |
Janice Littlefield said it takes one good rain for residents to have a "rain water revelation."
The Port Huron... |
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The Backwater DIY Electric Boat Marathon |
At the 8 ½-mile mark, Jim Campbell is at the head of the pack, in control of the race. The two-time defending... |
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Wasatch Wind Completes Transaction for Largest Offshore Wind Project in the World |
Wasatch Wind in Park City, Utah, recently signed a transaction to sell the rights to a 4,400MW offshore wind project in Lake... |
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River surfing on the Saint Lawrence, no wetsuit provided |
Surfer dudes, bikini babes, and killer waves are not images that usually come to mind when you think of autumn in Montreal... |
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UMD Launches Unmanned Submarine |
An unmanned watercraft is lurking in the depths of Lake Superior.
The submarine, launched last week by UMD, is being used to... |
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Connell: Port Huron joins the revolution |
The transformation of the modern world is taking place quietly, but inexorably, in the most unexpected places.
As just one... |
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NOAA develops Great Lakes algal bloom forecasts |
An experimental system that uses satellite data and computer modeling will help forecast the direction and intensity of ugly... |
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Scientists create high-capacity batteries from algae |
Swedish scientists have created lightweight, flexible batteries from a type of algae that’s problematic in the Great Lakes... |
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Deal done to run sea fleet on biofuel |
Two companies have shaken hands on a multimillion-dollar deal over the commercial supply of biofuel.
The agreement in which... |
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Turning an Old Freighter Into a Cottage |
The several-ton chunk of freighter first arrived in Detour on a barge four years ago. And you can still hear the sounds of... |
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We Energies announces $250 million biomass plant near Wausau |
In a move to meet the state's mandate for more green energy, We Energies on Tuesday said it plans to build a $250 million... |
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Lake Superior State Turns Grass Into Fuel |
Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie is the site of a new research project for alternative fuel sources.
The... |
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‘Solar UFO’ water cleaners afloat in Osaka canals |
As part of the upcoming Aqua Metropolis festival in Osaka, engineering firm NTT Facilities has developed a pair of solar-... |
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Giant Free-Roving Robotic Cages Could Be the Healthy Future of Fish Farming |
With over 70 percent of the world's natural fisheries taxed beyond the point of replenishment, the demand for farmed fish... |
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Yachtworld Launches Global Charter Portal |
YachtWorld.com, the world's leading Internet yacht brokerage portal and a division of Dominion Enterprises, today announced... |
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Endangered eel moving on up |
At the Saunders Generating Station in Cornwall a 300-metre extension has been added to the pre-existing eel ladder.
During... |
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Lake Erie trips inspired nautical garden |
Jack Bernstein installed a pond behind his Columbus home 15 years ago so he wouldn't have to mow the backyard anymore.
But... |
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New Mackinaw City harbor features 'green' marina |
The Department of Natural Resources is celebrating the opening of Michigan’s newest and most energy-efficient harbor,... |
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Scientists on brink of developing fish contraceptive |
Scientists in the US may have developed a contraceptive which can be used on invasive fish.
A team of researchers from the... |
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At Fort Worth 'cable park,' no boat is necessary for wakeboarding thrills |
Turns out you don’t need a boat to go wakeboarding.
After last year’s $4-a-gallon gas, Jimmy Harvell decided he could cut... |
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