Environmental groups are celebrating a state decision regarding fertilizers used by large-scale farms, climate change is causing fish to shrink, and Lake Huron shipwrecks are helping advance AI.For more, visit:https://mrgreatlakes.com/Support this podcast:https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/Av Delta College Public Radio

Cool, dry, autumn air and a moonless night mean it’s the best time of the year to look for the Great Andromeda Galaxy.Support this podcast:https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/Av Delta College Public Radio

Michigan State University is studying the benefits of solar panels on farmland, a new documentary follows baby sturgeon released into the Saginaw River system, and a newly constructed reef in the Saginaw Bay is poised to increase fish habitat.For more, visit:https://mrgreatlakes.com/Support this podcast:https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/…

Look high in the northeast for a group of bright stars that resembles a big “W” sitting on its end. This is the constellation of Cassiopeia the Queen.Support this podcast:https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/Av Delta College Public Radio

At the beginning of the week of October 27, the moon displays a crescent shape low in the southwest after sunset. But each night, the moon will appear to slip a little further back or eastward among the stars.Support this podcast and others like it:https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/Av Delta College Public Radio

Climate change could be driving people to move to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Fall colors are peaking in some areas of Michigan and growing in others. And Bay City has been added to an international Initiative for Resilient Great Lakes Coasts.For more visit https://mrgreatlakes.com/Support this podcast and others like it:https://www.deltabroadcasti…

The media buzz is growing about what could be a bright comet gracing our skies this month. It’s called Comet Lemmon, for the observatory in Arizona that discovered it, and astronomers have been eagerly anticipating its approach for many weeks.Support this podcast and others like it:https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/…

A grant is aimed at ensuring "that fact-based science is shaping decisions that protect the Great Lakes." Wetlands will see some protections in the new state budget. And renewable energy and distributed generation continues to grow in Michigan.For more, visit https://mrgreatlakes.com/Help support this podcast and others like it:https://www.deltabro…

Each year in late October, our planet crosses the orbit of Halley’s Comet, sweeping up millions of little bits of ice and dust to create the Orionid Meteor Shower.Support this podcast: https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/Av Delta College Public Radio

Bay City is a featured port on a Great Lakes cruise marketing program and Michigan is planning a Lake Huron flooding resilience study. For more, visit https://mrgreatlakes.com/Support this podcast:https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/Av Delta College Public Radio

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Fall colors are showing up across Michigan. A rare bird is among the first examples of a climate change species. Beach season is over, but E. coli bacteria is still a concern.For more, visit: https://mrgreatlakes.com/Support this podcast:https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/Av Delta College Public Radio

Alexis de Tocqueville was born in France 62 years after Thomas Jefferson, but the parallels between them are remarkable.Support Delta College Public Radio:https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/Av Delta College Public Radio

Herodotus of Athens was the first significant historian. This idea was so new that he didn't even call his stories of the wars between the Ancient Persians and Greeks "history."Support Delta College Public Radio:https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/Av Delta College Public Radio

Friday, Oct. 3 is when the Delta College Planetarium in Bay City will celebrate this year’s International Observe the Moon Night.Av Delta College Public Radio

It's remarkable to realize that Gershwin, the favorite American modernist composer, was born when many Civil War veterans were still alive.Support Delta College Public Radio:https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/Av Delta College Public Radio

Happy anniversary to the Pollution Emergency Alerting System, aka PEAS. Hampton Township is among eight communities sharing almost $2 million in awards to support renewable energy projects. It turns out muskrats are pretty good at battling invasive species.For more, visit:https://mrgreatlakes.com/Support Delta College Public Radio:https://www.delta…

This year, the September equinox arrives on the 22nd which marks the first day of fall for the northern hemisphere. For everyone north of the equator, the days will become shorter as we move into autumn.Av Delta College Public Radio

Exotic mushrooms are invading Michigan and pushing out native fungi, more baby lake sturgeon will soon be swimming in the Saginaw River system, and the clock is ticking on federal clean energy tax credits.For more, visit https://mrgreatlakes.com/Av Delta College Public Radio

The Summer Triangle is a useful guidepost to many constellations. A popular little pattern among stargazers is Delphinus the Dolphin.Av Delta College Public Radio

Away from city lights and bright moonlight, this is the time of year to see the faint band of the Milky Way stretching right over the top of the sky. The Summer Milky Way is brighter and wider than its winter counterpart because this is when we're looking more toward the center of our galaxy.Av Delta College Public Radio

All this week, the phase of the moon grows larger and brighter as it advances from first quarter toward full. This is a good time to see the dark round plains called “maria,” and bright splashes of lighter material called “rays.”Av Delta College Public Radio

Volunteers are needed for a stream sampling event that uses tiny animals to assess water quality in the Cedar River. Wednesday, Aug. 27, was officially the first-ever World Lake Day, as declared by the United Nations. And range anxiety is a real concern for folks considering an electric vehicle.For more, visit https://mrgreatlakes.com/…

By now you may have heard the buzz about an object entering our solar system from interstellar space. The newly discovered object 3I/ATLAS – found on July 1st – is likely the oldest comet we’ve ever seen.Av Delta College Public Radio

At least 30 beach cleanups are planned in Michigan next month. A 57-pound invasive carp was found in Lake Huron. This summer is shaping up to rival 2023 for air quality alerts in Michigan.For more, visit https://mrgreatlakes.com/Av Delta College Public Radio

From late August through September, Sagittarius the Archer will appear low in the south at evening twilight as a "teapot" shape of stars.Av Delta College Public Radio

Big batteries are going in at Consumers Energy sites in Hampton and Oscoda townships. Close to 19 million fish have been stocked to rivers and lakes in Michigan this year. Federal scientists are testing a new method for keeping invasive carp out of the Great Lakes.For more, visit https://mrgreatlakes.com/…

From late July to late August, the zodiacal constellation of Scorpius the Scorpion scrapes the southern horizon at the end of dusk.Av Delta College Public Radio

This month, the Lake Guardian began its annual summer water quality survey of the Great Lakes. A $35 million Septic Replacement Loan Program helps Michigan homeowners with the high costs of repairing or replacing failing septic systems. Hundreds of baby sturgeon are coming to the Saginaw Bay watershed.For more, visit https://mrgreatlakes.com/…

Bay City celebrates the 30th annual Saginaw Bay Waterfowl & Outdoor Festival, the once-endangered Kirtland’s warbler isn’t doing so well these days, and lawmakers advocating for the Great Lakes have a new statistics hub.For more, visit https://mrgreatlakes.com/Av Delta College Public Radio

Harmful algal blooms pose a serious danger to dogs at the beach, Lake whitefish are crashing in Lakes Michigan and Huron, and more than a dozen leading scientists released a report highlighting climate change impacts on the Great Lakes region.For more, visit https://mrgreatlakes.com/Av Delta College Public Radio

About 90 minutes before sunrise, look low in the east-northeast for two brilliant stars above the horizon. But they're not stars at all. They're Venus and Jupiter!Av Delta College Public Radio

This week is a good time to watch the dark round plains called “maria” become lit with sunlight in the eastern section of the moon.Av Delta College Public Radio

Of all the things that move among the stars, earth orbiting satellites can be quite common to see. During the few hours after sunset or before sunrise, literally dozens of satellites can be seen as faint, slowly-moving dots.Av Delta College Public Radio

There is a mystery around the death of Edgar Allen Poe and John Walsh is convinced he has solved the case.Av Delta College Public Radio

The northernmost star in the Summer Triangle is Deneb, which marks the tail of Cygnus the Swan.Av Delta College Public Radio

In 1903, on a $50 bet, Horatio Nelson Jackson set out on the first journey by car from San Francisco to New York.Av Delta College Public Radio

Why do people see faces in the Moon? And what actually causes these lunar features?Av Delta College Public Radio

The most famous English diarist, Samuel Pepys, lived in the 1600s and the phrase "may you live in interesting times" certainly applies.Av Delta College Public Radio

About 90 minutes before sunrise, look low in the east for the brightest point in the pre-dawn sky. It’s the planet Venus, and there’s a feast of celestial wonders nearby to look for this week!Av Delta College Public Radio

Lake Huron is expected to rise by an inch over the next month.The Michigan Clean Water Corps is hosting its first-ever statewide aquatic invasive species BioBlitz from June 28-July 6.The Saginaw Bay Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area is offering free kits to build spotted lanternfly traps.For more, visit https://mrgreatlakes.com/…

There’s a whole spectrum of star colors glittering up there, from cool red stars to middle-range yellow stars to hot blue-white stars.Av Delta College Public Radio

Local conservation and education efforts are getting a boost from the state.The Great Lakes Stormwater Collaborative is putting on a summer webinar series about stormwater management. The first is June 24. A great day at the beach can be spoiled by pollution. The state has launched an enhanced version of BeachGuard online notification system for cl…

Sea lamprey control is planned for a Lake Huron tributary.Pinconning-based Serafin Fish Co. has been issued a commercial fishing license for lake whitefish in southern Lake Huron from the port of Harbor Beach.It’s that time of year. University researchers want to know how you feel about ice.For more, visit https://mrgreatlakes.com/…

U.S. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet is pushing for federal funding to expand access to safe, clean drinking water in mid-Michigan.Little Forks Conservancy recently hosted another Cedar River Stream Sampling event, engaging volunteers in collecting valuable data to monitor the health of the watershed.For more, visit https://mrgreatlakes.com/…

During the month of June, about 90 minutes after sunset, look high in the east, almost overhead for a faint semi-circular pattern of stars. This is the constellation of Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown.Av Delta College Public Radio

The June full moon or "Strawberry Moon" marks the lowest path the full moon takes across the sky during the year.Av Delta College Public Radio

Since one side of the moon always faces the earth, it's often assumed that means the moon doesn't rotate. But that's not really the case.Av Delta College Public Radio

Climate change is making Michigan summers more dangerous for pregnant women, more than 27 million trees were planted across the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence region last year, and the nonprofit Conservation Fund is supporting projects that bring green space into Michigan neighborhoods.For more, visit https://mrgreatlakes.com/…

If you follow the arc to Arcturus and keep the curve going even farther down into the south, you’ll come to the faint bluish star, Spica.Av Delta College Public Radio