environment

  1. Ripples of colonialism: Decarbonization strategies perpetuate inequalities in human rights

  2. Two heatmaps of the United States—one showing prevalence of climate change skepticism in red and the other showing flooding risk in blue—combine to make a third map where regions are colored in one of 16 possibilities. The darkest purple regions, notably in Appalachia, reveal where there is high flood risk and climate change skepticism.

    A ‘worrying confluence’ of flood risk, social vulnerability and climate change denial

  3. Harvest time: Community farm rekindles interest in growing and preserving food

  4. A researcher kneels in a grassland plot with a mallet in one hand while holding a tube for collecting soil samples in the other.

    Nitrogen pollution and rising carbon dioxide: A joint threat to grassland biodiversity?

  5. A valley with a lush coating of orange, purple and yellow wildflowers.

    Grasslands live in the climate change fast lane

  6. Low in the sky, the sun shines on dozens of shipping-container sized battery energy storage systems sitting in rows in the California desert.

    New energy infrastructure is coming to Michigan. How can communities prepare?

  7. A metal buoy floats inside an indoor tank of water. A man closely inspects an illuminated light bulb attached to the top of a post on the buoy.

    Unlocking ocean power: $3.6M for community-centric wave energy converters

  8. Arcadia Dunes trailhead. Image credit: Jeremy Marble

    Happy trails: Conservancy brings universal access to seven trails in northwestern Michigan

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    Hurricane Helene: U-M experts available to comment

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    Michigan Climate Summit will focus on ‘climate civics’

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    Fighting Lake Erie’s algal blooms with healthier soils

  12. In the background, Pan shines a light into the device. In the foreground are multiple portholes and tubes in silvery metal.

    In step toward solar fuels, durable artificial photosynthesis setup chains two carbons together

  13. Michigan Minds podcast: Tony Reames talks about the energy transition for disadvantaged communities

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    U-M, Brookings Institution explore US climate policy in run-up to 2024 presidential election

  15. Solving a memristor mystery to develop efficient, long-lasting memory devices

  16. Four NERRS Science Collaborative workers look over documents on a clipboard in a grassy clearing near the water's edge. Another person is carrying gear in the background.

    U-M awarded $25M NOAA grant for continued leadership of national estuarine research program

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    Cattle raised by Maasai pastoralists aren’t the conservation villains they’ve been made out to be

  18. A pickup truck, submerged in water halfway up the driver’s door, is seen from the back attempting to drive beneath an overpass, while nearby cars appear stuck in the flooding.

    Traditional infrastructure design often makes extreme flooding events worse

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    U-M engineers to partner in new DOE-backed research hub for clean energy storage

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    Making the case for artisanal and small-scale mining