Federal grants for pollution remediation increase property values around the Great Lakes
A new study led by the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) that examined the housing market impacts of cleaning up the Great Lakes shows that the awarding of...
Just released: 2023 edition of Center for Sustainable Systems’ sustainability factsheets
Did you know that between 30% and 40% of food is wasted in the U.S.? Or that nearly 37 million American homes suffer from energy poverty, the inability to meet a household's energy needs? Did you know...
U-M-led study investigates lions' interactions with humans in a diminishing habitat
A new University of Michigan study highlights the combined impacts of human activity and climate change on lion populations. Lions tend to avoid human-dominated areas unless they are facing food...
U-M’s MI-Hydrogen to participate in new Midwest hydrogen hub
The University of Michigan's hydrogen initiative, MI Hydrogen, for which School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) Professor Gregory Keoleian is a co-director, will participate in a new...
Unlocking the mind
Adam Molnar, a graduate of the Program in the Environment at the University of Michigan, a collaborative program led by LSA and the School for Environment and Sustainability, and Ramses Alcaide, who...
Drier savannas, grasslands store more climate-buffering carbon than previously believed
Savannas and grasslands in drier climates around the world store more heat-trapping carbon than scientists thought they did and are helping to slow the rate of climate warming, according to a new...
Shalanda Baker: ‘Justice needs to be at the core of the clean energy transition’
We are in an “extraordinary moment” to create an equitable clean energy future. And Michigan, like other states, is an “essential part” of bringing forth that future, Shalanda Baker, director of the...