Environment

  1. Canadian wildfires prompt US health warnings: U-M experts available June 7, 2023
  2. Full electrification of Uber and Lyft vehicles would provide only modest benefits to society, study shows June 7, 2023
  3. NOAA forecasts below-average summer ‘dead zone’ in Gulf of Mexico June 5, 2023
  4. Colorado River deal: U-M experts available May 24, 2023
  5. Warming climate in Brazil may increase risk of Zika, dengue by 2050 May 23, 2023
  6. Study: Modest moss supports billions of tons of carbon storage May 22, 2023
  7. Information about climate-induced migration spurs negative attitudes about immigrants May 18, 2023
  8. Flint community solar, sustainable airport operations among 5 studies funded by U-M’s Graham Institute May 18, 2023
  9. Smallest shifting fastest: Bird species body size predicts rate of change in a warming world May 8, 2023
  10. U-M microplastics exhibit on Detroit’s Belle Isle May 4, 2023
  11. Study: Tree diversity increases storage of carbon and nitrogen in forest soils, mitigating climate change April 26, 2023
  12. A healthy but depleted herd: Predators decrease prey disease levels but also population size April 26, 2023
  13. Renewable energy zoning initiative expands to six states with funding from US Department of Energy April 25, 2023
  14. Optimization could cut the carbon footprint of AI training by up to 75% April 17, 2023
  15. U-M’s botanical gardens taking steps toward carbon neutrality April 14, 2023
  16. Apes may have evolved upright stature for leaves, not fruit, in open woodland habitats April 13, 2023
  17. U-M’s Hoffman named visiting climate fellow at Harvard Business School April 12, 2023
  18. Upgraded school buses linked to increased student attendance April 10, 2023
  19. U-M researchers inform ecological theory with findings from decades of coffee farm fieldwork April 5, 2023
  20. Two U-M faculty members named Ecological Society of America Fellows April 5, 2023

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