Environment

  1. US public opinion on social media is warming to nuclear energy, but concerns remain June 5, 2024
  2. U-M-led school for oceanographers in Africa receives funding from Schmidt Sciences June 5, 2024
  3. U-M lands $6.5M center to study links between Great Lakes algal blooms, human health June 3, 2024
  4. Overcoming barriers to heat pump adoption in cold climates and avoiding the ‘energy poverty trap’ May 31, 2024
  5. U-M-led Apple Hearing Study reveals prevalence of tinnitus May 28, 2024
  6. Three new U-M ‘catalyst grants’ address PFAS pollution, wave energy, road durability May 28, 2024
  7. Improved refrigeration could save nearly half of the 1.3 billion tons of food wasted each year globally May 28, 2024
  8. Freshwater mussels: Investigating the remarkable reproductive cycle of Michigan’s threatened mollusks May 24, 2024
  9. Renewable grid: Recovering electricity from heat storage hits 44% efficiency May 23, 2024
  10. Most local officials support rooftop solar, a majority opposes nuclear power  May 22, 2024
  11. Public invited to free training for Michigan Bumble Bee Atlas program at U-M Biological Station May 21, 2024
  12. Costly gas separation may not be needed to recycle CO2 from air and industrial plants May 21, 2024
  13. Youth voices concern for improving disaster readiness policies May 21, 2024
  14. U-M experts will share work at next week’s Great Lakes research conference May 16, 2024
  15. Copper can’t be mined fast enough to electrify the US May 15, 2024
  16. Weekend geomagnetic storm: Experts can discuss potential US impacts May 10, 2024
  17. Public invited to free summer lecture series at U-M Biological Station May 8, 2024
  18. A leap toward carbon neutrality, CO2 to methanol May 6, 2024
  19. More local officials see relevance of electric vehicle planning, cite costs of preparation May 1, 2024
  20. Missing link in species conservation: Pharmacists, chemists could turn tide on plant, animal extinction April 26, 2024