climate change
-
December 11, 2018
Nine U-M students, faculty member attending U.N. climate summit
Nine U-M students and a faculty member are attending this month’s COP 24 summit in Poland, observing the conference to discuss and coordinate the fight against climate change.
-
May 2, 2016
Climate-adaptation plans long on ideas, short on details, priorities
A new study shows local communities are good at developing strategies to combat the harmful effects of climate change, but often fail to prioritize their goals or to provide implementation details.
-
April 25, 2016
Climate change: What makes us care?
It’s been argued that how much we know about climate change is unrelated to how much we care about addressing it. But focusing primarily on cultural drivers, takes us on a path that misses critical characteristics of knowledge, according to a U-M study.
-
April 25, 2016
Climate change in Michigan poses emerging public health threat
Changing climate conditions represent “an emerging threat to public health in Michigan,” according to a new report from university researchers and state health officials.
-
November 24, 2015
Michigan team heading to Paris to observe COP21 climate talks
A delegation of U-M students and faculty members will attend the 12-day COP21 global climate change meeting that begins Monday in Paris.
-
November 20, 2015
University takes the American Campuses Act on Climate Pledge
U-M has joined more than 200 universities and colleges in signing the American Campuses Act on Climate Pledge, in advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
-
November 17, 2015
Senate Assembly backs effort to investigate oil and coal divestment
The faculty’s Senate Assembly is endorsing a student-led effort that seeks an ad hoc committee to consider whether U-M should end its investment in the oil and coal industries.
-
November 16, 2015
Senate Assembly resolution on divestment committee
A Resolution To Support The Formation Of An Ad Hoc Committee To Determine The Propriety Of The University’s Investments In Oil And Coal (Approved by the U-M faculty’s Senate Assembly on Nov. 16, 2015) WHEREAS, The University has a long-established procedure for determining whether a certain set of investments is appropriate for the University to… -
July 9, 2015
Report shows personal weather observations guide global warming views
A new survey indicates global warming skeptics, as well as those who believe it is occurring, cite personal weather observations as a key reason for their views.
-
June 12, 2015
Varying atmospheric oxygen levels shaped Earth’s climate over time
Efforts to reconstruct past climates must factor in variations in the amount of atmospheric oxygen throughout Earth’s history, U-M researchers say.
