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UM discontinues investments in the largest contributors to greenhouse gases

ANN ARBOR—Officials at the University of Michigan said UM will shift its natural resources investments to focus more on renewable energy, stop investing in funds primarily focused on certain fossil …

Climate Science / University Research / Water Resources

New crowdsourced project to digitize Michigan lake and fish records, looking for climate trends

ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan researchers will enlist the help of citizen scientists in a new project to digitize thousands of historical records—some dating back more than a century—about Michigan inland …

Climate Science / Environmental Engineering

ASHRAE, ASPE to host joint virtual meeting on climate change in design

DETROIT—The Detroit chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers and the Eastern Michigan chapter of the American Society of Plumbing Engineers will hold a joint virtual …

Climate Science / University Research

UM prof: Climate change education must include ideas to avert its worst effects

ANN ARBOR—At a time when the reality of climate change has become the focus of national debate—often a political hot potato—research showing that 98 percent of students in a large …

Climate Science / Public Health / University Research

UM study: Michigan faces more death, illness from climate change

ANN ARBOR—As the world grows warmer and the region grows wetter, extreme heat and rain will cause more people to die or become ill—a costly burden in terms of lives …

Agricultural Industry / Climate Science / Renewable Energy / Sustainability / University Research / Water Resources

U-M’s Graham Sustainability Institute awards four ‘catalyst’ research grants

ANN ARBOR—Four new research grants from the University of Michigan’s Graham Sustainability Institute will address the challenges of safe drinking water, climate change vulnerability, sustainable livestock production, and the health …

Climate Science / Engineering and the Arts

New video installation at UM shows human impact of climate change

ANN ARBOR – A new installation at the University of Michigan’s Institute for the Humanities will show the human effects of flooding and climate change through a riveting five-channel video …

App Development / Hydrology / Software / University Research

Michigan Tech part of NSF grant to build flood warning system using crowdsourced data

HOUGHTON – When flood waters rise, more data helps better predict and monitor changing conditions. And soon there will be an app for that. The National Science Foundation (NSF) HAS …

Climate Science

Michigan sugar maples to struggle in climate change despite ‘help’ from nitrogen pollution

ANN ARBOR — Though Michigan’s sugar maples benefit from the growth-promoting effects of nitrogen compounds in the environment, those gains will not fully offset the added stresses of growing under …

Agricultural Industry / Climate Science / Water Resources

Michigan Tech Hosts Food-Water-Energy Climate Workshop

HOUGHTON — The National Science Foundation is sponsoring a workshop at Michigan Technological University on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 16 and 17, to explore some of the most compelling issues …

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