environment

  1. Grappling with the grid: Expanding electricity transmission brings benefits, encounters barriers

  2. New methods of conservation needed to prevent the extinction of great apes

  3. The sun is viewed from space and appears as a fiery red and orange sphere covering more than half of the image. A red and orange arc of plasma, which resembles fire, protrudes from the sun’s surface towards the bottom of the frame. The plasma extends from a very bright white section of the sun’s surface. Image credit: NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory

    Solar flares: U-M experts highlight gaps preventing accurate predictions of impacts around Earth

  4. Infographic illustration depicting strategies to overcome barriers to CSA adoption in South Asia. Image courtesy of the researchers.

    U-M researchers join global team to overcome barriers to climate-smart agriculture in South Asia

  5. Traffic drives through one of the 34 intersections that was part of the connected vehicle data study in Birmingham, MI. Image credit: Jeremy Little, Michigan Engineering

    Improving traffic signal timing with a handful of connected vehicles

  6. Lake Superior's Keweenaw Bay in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Image credit: Todd Marsee, Michigan Sea Grant

    Michigan Sea Grant funds $1.7M in new research to investigate lake trout, blue gentrification, and more

  7. View of the Chicago downtown over lake Michigan. Image credit: iStock

    Historically low Great Lakes ice coverage: U-M experts available

  8. Climate change denial and belief relative to political affiliation. Image credit: Gounaridis and Newell in Scientific Reports, February 2024

    Nearly 15% of Americans deny climate change is real, AI study finds

  9. Students from Coleman Elementary in Midland County get a close look at nature thanks to the Dow Innovation Teacher Fellowship. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    U-M fellowship supports mid-Michigan teachers interested in sustainability

  10. Concept illustration of fiber optic cables on the ocean floor. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Fiber optic cables effective way to detect tsunamis

  11. Concept illustration of air pollution. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    EPA’s new air pollution rules: U-M expert provides insight

  12. View of the Chicago downtown over lake Michigan. Image credit: iStock

    Great Lakes ice: U-M experts available to discuss

  13. Sudeep Sharma peers into a white cabinet. He is holding a micropipette, which has a plunger instead of a bulb. The transparent, plastic tip of the micropipette is aimed into the box.

    Beating the freeze: Up to $11.5M for eco-friendly control over ice and snow

  14. Section of the periodic table, focused on cadmium, lead and mercury. Image credit: iStock

    Heavy metals are toxic to ovaries, may lead to earlier menopause

  15. U-M Biological Station activates snowpack sensor to study changing winters

  16. Local mini hydro plant in the Nepalese Himilayas. Image courtesy: Graham Institute

    U-M ‘catalyst grants’ address climate resilience, sustainability

  17. Study finds that urban agriculture must be carefully planned to have climate benefits

  18. Aerial view of a forest with many types of trees. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Climate change threatens global forest carbon sequestration, study finds

  19. A pair of forceps hold a perovskite solar cell, which looks like a thin, square panel. The cell's electrodes look like silver rectangles on the cell's surface, and the surrounding black surface is the perovskite film.

    Bulky additives could make cheaper solar cells last longer

  20. High temperature thermometer with city view. Image credit: coffeekai, iStock

    2023 warmest year on record: U-M experts available