Environment

  1. Climate change will increase value of residential rooftop solar panels across US, study shows April 19, 2024
  2. Nationwide survey reveals fresh insights about community perceptions of large-scale solar April 16, 2024
  3. Michigan Minds podcast: Dealing with plastic that can’t be recycled April 4, 2024
  4. Earliest recorded ‘ice-out’ date on Douglas Lake at U-M Biological Station in northern Michigan April 2, 2024
  5. Earth Month puts focus on U-M sustainability efforts March 25, 2024
  6. Could riding older school buses hinder student performance? March 21, 2024
  7. New EPA vehicle emission rules: U-M experts can discuss impacts, additional needs March 20, 2024
  8. A wetter world recorded in Australian coral colony March 18, 2024
  9. Grappling with the grid: Expanding electricity transmission brings benefits, encounters barriers March 13, 2024
  10. Solar flares: U-M experts highlight gaps preventing accurate predictions of impacts around Earth February 28, 2024
  11. US rice exported to Haiti may be harmful to health February 21, 2024
  12. U-M researchers join global team to overcome barriers to climate-smart agriculture in South Asia February 21, 2024
  13. Improving traffic signal timing with a handful of connected vehicles February 20, 2024
  14. Michigan Sea Grant funds $1.7M in new research to investigate lake trout, blue gentrification, and more February 19, 2024
  15. Historically low Great Lakes ice coverage: U-M experts available February 14, 2024
  16. Nearly 15% of Americans deny climate change is real, AI study finds February 14, 2024
  17. U-M fellowship supports mid-Michigan teachers interested in sustainability February 13, 2024
  18. Fiber optic cables effective way to detect tsunamis February 13, 2024
  19. EPA’s new air pollution rules: U-M expert provides insight February 9, 2024
  20. Great Lakes ice: U-M experts available to discuss January 31, 2024