climate change

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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…
  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. April 7, 2015

    Views on climate change vary based on science, political news platforms

    A study by U-M and Ohio State University examines how attention to science and political news may influence views on climate change policies.

  8. June 24, 2014

    Climate change to profoundly alter Great Lakes region, report says

    A report released Tuesday as part of a three-day climate-adaptation conference at U-M predicts profound changes for the Great Lakes region.