Sustainability
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July 15, 2015
All Michigan Dining facilities certified as Platinum for sustainability
Michigan Dining is the first department on the Ann Arbor campus to have all of its facilities achieve the university’s Platinum-level certification for sustainability.
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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.
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July 9, 2015
U-M, partners predict severe harmful algal bloom for Lake Erie
U-M researchers and their colleagues predict the 2015 western Lake Erie harmful algal bloom season will be among the most severe in recent years.
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June 23, 2015
Below-average ‘dead zone’ predicted for Chesapeake Bay in 2015
A U-M researcher and his colleagues are forecasting a slightly below-average but still significant “dead zone” this summer in the Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary.
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June 17, 2015
U-M, partners predict average Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ in 2015
A U-M researcher and his colleagues are forecasting an average, but still large, oxygen-depleted “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico this year.
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June 3, 2015
Federal funding extends Great Lakes climate research at U-M, MSU
Researchers at U-M and Michigan State have been awarded $3.65 million to continue studying climate change adaptation and climate variability in the Great Lakes region.
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May 19, 2015
Food movement is the focus of May 28-29 Michigan Meeting
The university’s next Michigan Meeting, which will open May 28, focuses on the ascendant Food Sovereignty movement.
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May 7, 2015
Faculty and staff help recycle 440,000 pounds of electronic waste
University faculty and staff, along with the Ann Arbor-area community, collected an estimated 440,000 pounds of electronic waste at last month’s e-waste event.
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April 21, 2015
U-M among the Princeton Review’s 353 Green Colleges
The university has been recognized for its commitment to sustainability in the 2015 edition of the Princeton Review’s Guide to 353 Green Colleges.
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April 6, 2015
U-M will sponsor annual e-waste recycling event April 23-25
Faculty and staff are encouraged to start spring cleaning by safely disposing of their broken or unwanted personal electronics at the annual e-waste recycling event April 23-25.
