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A saildrone in Charlevoix headed out to northern Lake Michigan.

Environment & Climate Change

Research vessels are on the Great Lakes, but there's no crew on board

Lester Graham

Autonomous research vessels are gathering data about fish in the Great Lakes.

An image including Detroit takes in an area from southern Lake St. Clair down to the western basin of Lake Erie. This image was among the nine first images sent back from Landsat 9.

Environment & Climate Change

First images from new NASA satellite include southeast Michigan

Lester Graham

Landsat 9 was launched in September. NASA has been checking out its systems before it turns day-to-day operations over to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Environment & Climate Change

Study suggests pesticides in rivers could harm insects and fish

Rebecca Williams

Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey have been monitoring pesticides in rivers and streams around the country for 20 years. They just released…