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April 29, 2026

Just a few species can drive a plant community’s response to warming temperatures

Contact: [email protected] A new University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)-led analysis has unveiled insights into why and how plants are changing their makeup to...

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August 4, 2025

Biodiversity matters in every forest, but even more in wetter ones

Contact: [email protected] A new study led by the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) shows biodiversity in wetter forests has a more pronounced impact than in...

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April 23, 2025

Finding ‘win-win-wins’ for climate, economics and justice

As evidence continues to pour in showing that climate change’s impacts disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities around the globe, so, too, do stories showing that these communities can also...

Want to preserve biodiversity? Go big, U-M researchers say
March 14, 2025

Want to preserve biodiversity? Go big, U-M researchers say

Large, undisturbed forests are better for harboring biodiversity than fragmented landscapes, according to University of Michigan research. Ecologists agree that habitat loss and the fragmentation of...

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February 19, 2025

We can farm more seafood while minimizing its impact on biodiversity, U-M research shows

Contact: [email protected] New research led by the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) shows that people can farm more food from the seas while shrinking...

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August 26, 2024

A leaky sink: Carbon emissions from forest soil will likely grow with rising temperatures

Contact: [email protected] A new study finds that, on a warming planet, more carbon is escaping the soil than is being added by plants. The study, led by Peter Reich of the University of Michigan...

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