environment

  1. Farmers, state and local government and conservation organization members walk through cover crop fields learning about their benefits at the Michigan State University W.K. Kellogg Biological Station in Hickory Corners, Mich. Image credit: Jeremy Marble, University of Michigan News

    Cover crop project bridges farming and research to bolster soil, protect water

  2. Close up of microplastics display from the All the Plastic You Cannot See exhibit at University of Michigan Museum of Natural History. Image credit: Jeremy Marble, University of Michigan News

    Mapping Michigan’s airborne microplastics

  3. Residue from nitrile or latex gloves may unintentionally contaminate lab equipment scientists use to measure microplastics in air, water and other samples with non-plastic particles called stearates. Stearates, a kind of salt, are chemically similar at the structural level to microplastics. They also look similar visually. Image credit: Madeline Clough/University of Michigan

    Nitrile and latex gloves may cause overestimation of microplastics, U-M study reveals

  4. An informal settlement called Agbogbloshie has grown rapidly near the electronic waste recycling site in Accra, Ghana. Images credit: Brandon Marc Finn

    The deadly trade-off of electronic waste recycling in Ghana

  5. A field has been planted with rows of corn and soybeans, as well as smaller cover crops.

    ‘We know how to do better’: Agriculture, water quality and cancer rates in the US

  6. Beach at MDOT roadside park, north of Oscoda, MI. Lake Huron. Image credit: Michigan Sea Grant

    Experts available to discuss how federal funds protect lives and livelihoods in the Great Lakes region

  7. Pima County Arizona copper mine. Image credit: Joyce Cory, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Can we mine enough copper to develop the world?

  8. Michigan Minds podcast: Finding the metals necessary for the energy transition

  9. Mcity unveils digital twin, making its physical AV testing facility available for free in the virtual world

  10. The Michigan Union Flag framed by vibrant fall leaves.

    U-M, Mellon Foundation announce new Environmental Justice + Humanities Hub

  11. Black pins secure a green computer chip onto a metal platform inside a metal box. A circular window provides a view inside.

    Battery-like computer memory keeps working above 1000°F

  12. White, porous tendrils on a black background with much of the background showing through. A scale bar in the bottom left corner reads 500 nanometers—about the width of 4 pores. The whole image is about 8,000 nanometers square.

    Burned rice hulls could help batteries store more charge

  13. A capuchin monkey called Tiny groups fellow monkey Tevez in the Taboga forest reserve of Costa Rica. The monkeys are part of the Capuchinos de Taboga Research Project. Image credit: Capuchinos de Taboga Field Research Team

    Warming temperatures impact immune performance of wild monkeys, U-M study shows

  14. Concept illustration depicting food crops growing in an urban district. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    The time is ripe to support urban agriculture

  15. UNFCCC COP29 - United Nations climate change conference. Image credit: iStock

    COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan: U-M experts available to comment

  16. A glass door emblazoned with the U-M block M leads to a server room with black computer towers arranged in neat rows.

    Up to 30% of the power used to train AI is wasted: Here’s how to fix it

  17. A flammulated owl, roughly the size of the hand that's holding it, has thin, wire-like antenna affixed to its back.

    How animal tracking data can help preserve biodiversity

  18. The metallic structures of an ethanol plant stand against a blue sky, with white

    Small modular nuclear reactors can help meet US energy and emission goals—if we let them

  19. Tackling vacant lots, built environments to improve health, well-being

  20. A perch with four dark stripes running up and down its body swims above pebbles against a black background.

    Climate, dead zones and fish: Solving a ‘wicked problem’ in Lake Erie and beyond