Environment

  1. National Climate Assessment: U-M expert can discuss impacts on Indigenous peoples, environmental justice November 14, 2023
  2. Diverse forests hold huge carbon-storage potential, as long as we cut emissions, study shows November 13, 2023
  3. Michigan clean energy bills await Gov. Whitmer’s signature: U-M experts available to comment November 9, 2023
  4. Decarbonizing light-duty transportation in the US: U-M study reveals strategies to achieve goal November 6, 2023
  5. Elephants: Earth’s giant climate change canaries October 30, 2023
  6. U-M-led study investigates lions’ interactions with humans in a diminishing habitat  October 17, 2023
  7. Federal grants for pollution remediation increase property values around the Great Lakes October 17, 2023
  8. Hydrogen hubs: U-M experts available to comment October 13, 2023
  9. Space weather disrupts nocturnal bird migration, study finds October 9, 2023
  10. Drier savannas, grasslands store more climate-buffering carbon than previously believed October 2, 2023
  11. U-M-based center awarded $5M grant to study climate change impacts on water resources across borders September 18, 2023
  12. Incubator or barrier? Exploring the links between agriculture, biodiversity and the spread of pathogens September 18, 2023
  13. Groundwater depletion rates in India could triple in coming decades as climate warms, study shows September 1, 2023
  14. Nearly zero-waste solution for construction: Reusable robotic 3D-printed formwork from upcycled sawdust August 21, 2023
  15. U-M-led team receives $7.5M to predict, communicate flood risk August 17, 2023
  16. Hawaii fires: U-M experts available to comment August 16, 2023
  17. Wildfires, farming activities may be top sources of air pollution linked to increased risk of dementia August 14, 2023
  18. New guiding principles urgently needed for Great Lakes stewardship, U-M researchers say August 9, 2023
  19. Cracking in lithium-ion batteries speeds up electric vehicle charging August 1, 2023
  20. Record heat, climate change: What experts want us to know July 25, 2023