LANSING — Every fish studied recently in two Southeast Michigan watersheds contained at least one of a family of toxic and persistent health-threatening chemicals. The chemicals – collectively known as per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS – are found in some rivers, lakes, ...

There’s a field I know that I often drive past on my way to quiet and contemplative places in the surrounding woodlands. I always look, but there’s rarely anything to see here but what was once a hopeful landscape, from a time that has long since passed away. There’s no fence around ...

MARQUETTE — The lack of ice on the Great Lakes this winter could cause thunderstorms and tornadoes to occur earlier than usual in the region. Michigan is expected to see more severe weather in April and May, said Paul Pastelok, a meteorologist for AccuWeather. Historically most of the ...

The morning was still, like it was literally frozen in time. Out over the bog, the bare-branched tamaracks and last year’s browned and dried grasses were coated in a thick layer of frost. With the sun just now beginning to reach up over the hill, the scene was becoming backlit. I wish I ...

CLEVELAND — Seventh-grade student Henry Cohen bounced side to side in time to the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” playing in teacher Nancy Morris’ classroom, swinging his arms open and closed across the planets pictured on his T-shirt. Henry and other classmates at Cleveland’s ...

“Someday I think I’d like to paint a seascape, if I could only get the ocean to stand still,” — Tom T. Hall Recently, I’ve spent some time thinking about landscapes. Quiet time. Good time trying to consider and imbue myself with the notion of these incredible, staggering and ...