As masks and gloves litter streets, team challenges communities to step up and clean up

A team started the #Covid19CleanUpChallenge to encourage their community to do their part, especially amidst all the new COVID-19 related litter like masks and gloves.

PPE pollution: Video shows divers removing masks and gloves from ocean

The high demand for personal protective equipment amid shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic may have unintended consequences to the environment, as one European environmental group pointed out in a video that has surfaced on social media showing divers removing masks and gloves from the ocean. 

CDC warns of increase in "unusual or aggressive" rats as primary sources of food dry up

The CDC is warning that rat behavior may become unusual or aggressive during the pandemic as rodents go searching for other sources of food since traditional means have been closed due to COVID-19.

Gov. Whitmer calls flooding in mid-Michigan a 500-year event

Rapidly rising water overtook the Edenville and Sanford dams, forcing the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan.

Midland could be under nine feet of water as mid-Michigan dams break, forcing thousands to evacuate

Two dams have broken and a third was under imminent threat of breaking in mid-Michigan, forcing thousands to flee. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer warned the city of Midland could be under nine feet of water by Wednesday.

Study: World carbon pollution falls 17% during pandemic peak

The world cut its daily carbon dioxide emissions by 17% at the peak of the pandemic shutdown last month, a new study found.

A cataclysmic eruption: Looking back at Mount St. Helens 40 years later

The eruption was the worst volcanic disaster in the history of the conterminous United States, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Michigan adds invasive crayfish to prohibited species list

A new addition has been made to Michigan's prohibited species list. The marbled crayfish have a high reproductive capacity and aggressive nature that allows them to dominate lakes and ponds.

Normal admission fees returns to Michigan's Metroparks May 15

As the state begins reopening parts of its economy, its Metroparks locations are also easing back into normality. Regular tolling returns May 15

Owner of leaking chemical building in Madison Heights to get early release from prison due to COVID-19

A judge has granted the City of Madison Heights permission to tear down a building that leaked toxic chemicals into the ground, at the expense of the business owner who's currently serving time in federal prison.

As people stay home, Earth turns wilder and cleaner

The world has experienced positive environmental effects as people have stayed home due to COVID-19.