Environment

  1. U-M to host 18th Peter M. Wege Lecture featuring a conversation with Naomi Klein about the climate crisis March 3, 2021
  2. Indian agriculture: Groundwater depletion could reduce winter cropped acreage significantly in years ahead February 24, 2021
  3. U-M Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program awards $1.75M in grants to seven research projects February 19, 2021
  4. Release of nutrients from lake-bottom sediments worsens Lake Erie’s annual ‘dead zone,’ could intensify as climate warms February 19, 2021
  5. Biodiversity protects bee communities from disease, U-M study concludes February 12, 2021
  6. Fractured Indian glacier triggers flash flood: U-M experts available to discuss February 9, 2021
  7. Virtual conference CO2 emissions quantified in new study February 1, 2021
  8. Dow Sustainability Fellows Program extended at U-M through 2023 January 25, 2021
  9. President Biden revokes Keystone XL pipeline permit: U-M experts available January 21, 2021
  10. Biden’s immigration, foreign policy challenges: U-M experts can discuss January 19, 2021
  11. Climate change priorities for incoming Biden-Harris administration: U-M experts available January 19, 2021
  12. Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, others charged in Flint water crisis: U-M experts available January 14, 2021
  13. Michigan Minds Podcast: Exploring the Impacts of Renewable Energy on Rural Communities December 16, 2020
  14. ‘Peecycling’ payoff: Urine diversion shows multiple environmental benefits when used at city scale December 15, 2020
  15. Research examines impact of hurricanes on hospitalizations, medical providers December 10, 2020
  16. More responsive COVID-19 wastewater test developed December 7, 2020
  17. Michigan Minds Podcast: Exploring Belief Superiority Around Climate Change and Environmental Behaviors December 7, 2020
  18. U-M, community partners tackle energy insecurity in three Detroit neighborhoods November 23, 2020
  19. Fish carcasses deliver toxic mercury pollution to the deepest ocean trenches November 16, 2020
  20. Michigan governor moves to shut down Straits of Mackinac pipelines: U-M experts available November 13, 2020

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