environment

  1. Public invited to free summer lecture series at U-M Biological Station

  2. The outside of storm peak lab resembles a cabin at a ski resort, except it has several metal radio towers with instruments that collect data on the properties of clouds and snow.

    Snowfall and drought: $4.8M field campaign will improve forecasts in western US, led by U-M

  3. Concept illustration of chemically converting CO2 into fuels like methanol. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    A leap toward carbon neutrality, CO2 to methanol

  4. Charging an electric vehicle. Image credit; Chuttersnap, Unsplash

    More local officials see relevance of electric vehicle planning, cite costs of preparation

  5. Michigan Minds podcast: Geoff Chatas says campus becomes ‘living lab’ for environmental stewardship

  6. Green sea turtle with fibropapillomatosis. Image credit: iStock

    Missing link in species conservation: Pharmacists, chemists could turn tide on plant, animal extinction

  7. Angiosperm Tree of Life. Image credit: RBG Kew

    Vast DNA tree of life for flowering plants revealed by global science team

  8. On the left side of the image, what looks like a T-junction in a roadway is mapped in black on a green background. Two cars, red and blue, arrive from the west. Two green cars depart to the north. The roadway to the south is empty. On the right side of the image, the roadway is outlined in white on a black background, and the viewer takes the perspective of a car arriving from the west. A teal line suggests an anticipated right turn, and red text warns of a light wait.

    With AV Challenge, engineers can put their decision-making algorithms to the test

  9. Concept illustration of automated electric long-haul trucks. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Could automation, electrification of long-haul trucking reduce environmental impacts?

  10. Solar panels on a residential roof. Image credit: NxTide, Pixabay

    Climate change will increase value of residential rooftop solar panels across US, study shows

  11. Solar panels. Image credit: Mariana Proença, Unsplash

    Nationwide survey reveals fresh insights about community perceptions of large-scale solar

  12. A clamp attached to a robotic arm grasps a rack of glass test tubes. The arm will soon move the test tubes to a dispenser by moving along a black track located between the lab's instruments.

    Better battery manufacturing: Robotic lab vets new reaction design strategy

  13. Michigan Minds podcast: Dealing with plastic that can’t be recycled

  14. John Lenters, senior research specialist at the U-M Biological Station, left, and Resident Biologist Adam Schubel both won the trophy for the annual staff contest to guess the spring ice-out date on Douglas Lake, which occurred on March 16 this year. Image credit: U-M Biological Station

    Earliest recorded ‘ice-out’ date on Douglas Lake at U-M Biological Station in northern Michigan

  15. Earth Month promotional graphic

    Earth Month puts focus on U-M sustainability efforts

  16. Rawan Almallahi, a doctoral graduate of chemical engineering and the study's first author, is preparing a reactor for a performance test inside a furnace. Suljo Linic, the Martin Lewis Perl Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering and the study's corresponding author, assists Almallahi. Image credit: Sandra Swisher, Department of Chemical Engineering

    New reactor could save millions when making ingredients for plastics and rubber from natural gas

  17. A school bus. Image credit: Elijah Ekdahl, Unsplash

    Could riding older school buses hinder student performance?

  18. Concept illustration of traffic pollution. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    New EPA vehicle emission rules: U-M experts can discuss impacts, additional needs

  19. Bridge in a box: Unlocking origami’s power to produce load-bearing structures

  20. Hydraulic coral coring. Image credit: Eric Matson, Australian Institute of Marine Science

    A wetter world recorded in Australian coral colony