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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
MTU Prof’s Ice Cave Explorations Shed Light On Climate Change Effects
HOUGHTON — Soft spoken and with the wiry frame of an avid outdoorsman, Jason Gulley’s eyes light up when asked about caves. “They have a mystery around them,” he says. …
Will Climate Change Hurt Rainforests? MTU Seeks Answers
HOUGHTON — Did you know that there is a tropical rainforest in the United States? It’s in Puerto Rico — the El Yunque National Forest — and Michigan Technological University …
MTU Prof Finds Possible Carbon Lessons From Nitrogen Management
HOUGHTON — In 1900, about 1.6 billion people lived on Earth. Just a few generations later, over four times as many of us share the planet. There are plenty of …