Biological Station
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April 2, 2025
Ice storms temporarily close U-M Biological Station campus, trails
Crews at the U-M Biological Station are working to assess damage and clean up after ice storms swept through northern Michigan, downing trees and power lines.
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March 19, 2025
U-M study finds time does not drive forest carbon storage
It is commonly assumed that as forest ecosystems age, they accumulate and store more carbon, but a new study based at the U-M Biological Station found it’s more nuanced than that.
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February 14, 2025
Summer at UMBS sparks romance and love of research
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Molly and Chris West share the story of finding their future partner and memories of seven summers of research and learning at the U-M Biological Station.
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November 19, 2024
UMBS researcher engages students in study of mouse parasites
Amanda Koltz, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin, recently started a project that enlists undergraduate students in the U-M Biological Station Field Mammalogy course.
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October 30, 2024
Fall colors peak as researchers study forest ecosystems
From a historic, 20-year soil harvest to the start of a tracer study targeting nitrogen uptake by trees in the winter, fall research activity at the U-M Biological Station is robust.
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May 21, 2024
Artists selected for summer residencies at Biological Station
The U-M Biological Station in northern Michigan has selected an illustrator Vera Ting and poet Madeleine Wattenberg to explore their creative freedom through the 2024 Artist in Residence Program.
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May 6, 2024
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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March 5, 2024
Biological Station plans survey, town halls to help plan its future
The U-M Biological Station has scheduled a series of in-person and virtual town hall sessions, along with a survey, to hear from stakeholders about the future direction of UMBS.
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March 4, 2024
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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January 24, 2024
Biological Station’s snowpack sensors help study changing winters
Researchers at the U-M Biological Station in northern Michigan are strengthening their snow science with new technology to track snowpack at an hourly rate.
