Sustainability Themes, such as Water, cut across all specializations—and give students and partners a chance to dig deeper in a particular area of impact and interest. Explore how our teaching, research and engagement is making an impact to tackle these global challenges.

Changing the game in the Great Lakes and global aquatic resources

Lack of adequate water is a global crisis that affects more than a billion people worldwide. Sustainability challenges associated with population growth, climate change, land use, energy choices, and global poverty must be addressed to increase water quantity, availability, and quality around the world.

Our community responds to this challenge by working to generate water security for human needs. That’s the SEAS approach.

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State of the Strait Report highlights urgent need to clean up Detroit River
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State of the Strait Report highlights urgent need to clean up Detroit River

The 2023 State of the Strait Report, “The Contaminated Sediment Remediation Challenge: Complicated Problems that Require Interdisciplinary and Creative Solutions,” is now available. The report, co-authored by two SEAS community members, calls for “urgency” in cleaning up toxic sediment on the bottom of the Detroit River.

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