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Night Skies are Getting 9.6% Brighter Every Year as Light Pollution Erases Stars for Everyone
For most of human history, the stars blazed in an otherwise dark night sky. But starting around the Industrial Revolution, as artificial light increasingly lit cities and towns at night, the stars began to disappear.
The Ocean Twilight Zone Could Store Vast Amounts of Carbon Captured from the Atmosphere
Deep below the ocean surface, the light fades into a twilight zone where whales and fish migrate and dead algae and zooplankton rain down from above. This is the heart of the ocean’s carbon pump, part of the natural ocean processes that capture about a third of all human-produced carbon dioxide and sink it into the deep sea, where it remains for hundreds of years.
Opinion | Monique Stanton: Increasing Michigan’s EITC Will Help Working Families and Local Businesses
On Thursday afternoon, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced her support for increasing the Michigan Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) — or as she referred to it, the Working Families Tax Credit — as a proven, bipartisan policy to put more money back in the pockets of working families and small businesses.
Report: Michigan Stuck in Bottom 10 States for 4th Grade Reading Test Scores
A new report shows Michigan ranks seventh-worst in the nation for fourth grade reading scores as education leaders grapple with what to do with the state’s Read by Grade 3 law.
Michigan COVID Cases Decline for Third Straight Week
COVID-19 cases again declined over the past week in Michigan with 9,793 new reported cases.
Irruption Phenomenon Will Send Uncommon Birds Into Michigan This Fall
Michigan-based birdwatchers have their eyes set on the skies this fall, as unexpected visitors pass through the state in preparation for the developing winter.
The Leonids Meteor Shower Reaches Its Peak
November is the month in which night sky observers are treated to the annual Leonids meteor shower.
Michigan Ghost Towns Offers History, Spookiness
Michigan is widely considered, alongside California, Texas, and Ohio, as one of four most haunted states in the country, according to Ghosts of America, which reports that Michigan has the fourth highest number of ghost sightings of any state.
Two Michigan Universities Ranked in Top Universities in the World
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings were released this year, grading over 1,000 universities around the world on 13 performance indicators.