What is ‘aquahacking’? Novi High School students explain program safeguarding the Great Lakes Novi High School juniors and members of Watersentinel explain program
Have you ever heard of the aquahacking challenge?
It’s a free program challenging students, researchers and professionals to safeguard the Great Lakes and Lake St. Lawrence.
The launch of the challenge celebrates the program’s 10th anniversary and its expanding footprint across the United States and Canada.
Novi High School juniors and members of Watersentinel, Aditya Ambarisha, Hemanshu Viswanathan and Raghavendra Suswaram, as well as Brittany VanderBeek, the director of development for Aqua Action, joined Local 4 Live to explain the aquahacking challenge. You can watch the full interview at the beginning of this article.
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Nick joined the Local 4 team in February of 2015. Prior to that he spent 6 years in Sacramento covering a long list of big stories including wildfires and earthquakes. Raised in Sterling Heights, he is no stranger to the deep history and pride Detroit has to offer.
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