Sustainability

  1. March 19, 2025

    Want to preserve biodiversity? Go big, U-M researchers say

    Large, undisturbed forests are better for harboring biodiversity than fragmented landscapes, according to U-M research.

  2. 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.

  3. March 17, 2025

    U-M Wallenberg Fellow aims to improve climate disaster responses

    The 2025 Raoul Wallenberg Fellowship at U-M winner is Stephanie Smith, who is completing her senior year at LSA and finishing the first year of an accelerated master’s program at SEAS.

  4. February 27, 2025

    Use of greener anesthesia protects patients, environment

    A Michigan Medicine study reveals that the use of less polluting inhaled anesthetic agents reduced harmful health care-related carbon emissions by 50% in one year without impacting patient safety or outcomes.

  5. February 20, 2025

    Board approves project to expand EV battery research

    U-M will move forward with plans to construct a new electric vehicle battery laboratory, broadening research and hands-on education in next-generation battery technologies on the Ann Arbor campus.

  6. February 17, 2025

    UM-Dearborn’s student-led garden grows food, community

    The UM-Dearborn Community Garden cultivates food sustainability skills, brings people together and stocks the UM-Dearborn Student Food Pantry with fresh produce.

  7. February 6, 2025

    Nonprofit includes scientists, moms who study climate change

    Science Moms is a group of scientists who are mothers who study climate change. The group hopes to connect with other moms to make climate change a normal topic of conversation.

  8. January 30, 2025

    Freezer Challenge promotes energy efficiency in university labs

    The International Laboratory Freezer Challenge, a competition to save energy and emissions by improving cold-storage management, runs through July 1. It is free and open to all U-M labs with cold-storage units.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.