Sustainability

  1. January 21, 2025

    New technology helps turn seawater into drinking water

    Water desalination plants could replace expensive chemicals with new carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron from seawater, an important step of turning seawater into safe drinking water.

  2. January 20, 2025

    Inaugural summit to advance sustainability in research labs

    In an ongoing effort to integrate sustainability into its extensive laboratory research activities, U-M will host an inaugural Sustainable Lab Summit on Feb. 4. It is open to all U-M community members.

  3. January 14, 2025

    $5M to improve testing of wave energy, offshore wind

    Devices that create electricity from wave motion and offshore winds could become sturdier, quieter and easier to test at near-ocean-ready sizes, with four new grants totaling $5 million to U-M.

  4. January 13, 2025

    Study: Big Ten expansion will double football’s carbon emissions

    A new report from the Center for Sustainable Systems shows the Big Ten’s 2024 expansion will more than double average conference-game emissions for the U-M football team.

  5. December 9, 2024

    University to begin installing solar power sites on campus

    New solar installations across U-M’s Ann Arbor, Flint and Dearborn campuses will have a total capacity of 25 megawatts of renewable electricity after a three-year installation process is complete.

  6. December 4, 2024

    Teams aim to protect frogs, bats, bees in innovative ways

    Thanks in part to LSA’s Meet the Moment Research Initiative grants, two research teams are working toward a better future for humans and Earth’s critters alike.

  7. November 11, 2024

    Michigan Sustainability Community offers living‑learning experience

    The Sustainable Living Experience pilot program, which introduces programming and learning opportunities during the first year of college, will become the Michigan Sustainability Community.

  8. November 6, 2024

    Small modular nuclear reactors can aid energy, emission goals

    New research from U-M shows that small modular nuclear reactors are economically viable and poised to start living up to their potential to help meet emissions goals while satisfying growing energy demands.

  9. October 29, 2024

    Research aims to solve ‘wicked problem’ in Lake Erie

    A U-M researcher and colleagues linked forward-looking climate projections and nearly a century of fishery data with a mathematical model of Lake Erie’s nutrient load and a water quality indicator.

  10. October 24, 2024

    U-M publishes third annual climate and sustainability report

    U-M furthered its commitment to climate action during fiscal year 2024, through efforts to support carbon neutrality and a shared culture of sustainability, according to an annual report on sustainability and climate action.