Environment

  1. Grappling with the grid: Expanding electricity transmission brings benefits, encounters barriers March 13, 2024
  2. Solar flares: U-M experts highlight gaps preventing accurate predictions of impacts around Earth February 28, 2024
  3. U-M researchers join global team to overcome barriers to climate-smart agriculture in South Asia February 21, 2024
  4. Improving traffic signal timing with a handful of connected vehicles February 20, 2024
  5. Michigan Sea Grant funds $1.7M in new research to investigate lake trout, blue gentrification, and more February 19, 2024
  6. Historically low Great Lakes ice coverage: U-M experts available February 14, 2024
  7. Nearly 15% of Americans deny climate change is real, AI study finds February 14, 2024
  8. U-M fellowship supports mid-Michigan teachers interested in sustainability February 13, 2024
  9. Fiber optic cables effective way to detect tsunamis February 13, 2024
  10. EPA’s new air pollution rules: U-M expert provides insight February 9, 2024
  11. Great Lakes ice: U-M experts available to discuss January 31, 2024
  12. Beating the freeze: Up to $11.5M for eco-friendly control over ice and snow January 30, 2024
  13. Heavy metals are toxic to ovaries, may lead to earlier menopause January 25, 2024
  14. U-M Biological Station activates snowpack sensor to study changing winters January 23, 2024
  15. U-M ‘catalyst grants’ address climate resilience, sustainability January 22, 2024
  16. Study finds that urban agriculture must be carefully planned to have climate benefits January 22, 2024
  17. Climate change threatens global forest carbon sequestration, study finds January 15, 2024
  18. 2023 warmest year on record: U-M experts available January 9, 2024
  19. Communicating about climate change more effective when stories about those displaced hit ‘close to home’ January 9, 2024
  20. Electric vs. gasoline vehicles: Is EV ownership competitive in your area? January 3, 2024

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