Sustainability
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January 24, 2024
Biological Station’s snowpack sensors help study changing winters
Researchers at the U-M Biological Station in northern Michigan are strengthening their snow science with new technology to track snowpack at an hourly rate.
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January 23, 2024
Study examines carbon footprint of urban-farmed food
An international study led by U-M finds that fruits and vegetables grown in urban farms and gardens have a carbon footprint that is, on average, six times greater than conventionally grown produce.
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January 22, 2024
Catalyst grants address climate resilience and sustainability
Four newly awarded “catalyst grants” from the Graham Sustainability Institute are piloting innovative methodologies to bolster climate resilience and sustainability.
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December 11, 2023
Study examines switching from fluorescent lamps to LEDs
A U-M study that compared the costs of six lighting replacement options for linear recessed lighting systems found LED products were 18%-44% more efficient than T8 fluorescent lamps.
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December 1, 2023
Campus Farm experiments with composting stadium waste
Compost from U-M football games could be used to grow produce at the student-run Campus Farm, if a recent experiment goes well.
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November 8, 2023
University community views geo-exchange construction up close
U-M community members gathered Nov. 3 at the site of the future Central Campus residential development to observe construction of a new geo-exchange heating and cooling system.
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November 8, 2023
Study focuses on decarbonizing light-duty transportation
U-M researchers have found that meeting greenhouse gas emissions goals for light-duty vehicles — passenger vehicles such as cars and trucks — is possible, but not just by increasing EV sales.
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November 2, 2023
Elephants: Earth’s giant climate change canaries
U-M researcher Bill Sanders has devoted his 40-year research career to tracking 60 million years of Afro-Arabian proboscidean — elephants and their ordinal relatives — evolution.
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October 9, 2023
Drier savannas helping to slow rate of climate warming
Savannas and grasslands in drier climates around the world store more heat-trapping carbon than scientists thought they did and are helping to slow the rate of climate warming.
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October 3, 2023
U-M publishes second annual climate action report
The university has released its second annual climate action report, which includes high-level statistics related to sustainable operations and campus involvement, and overviews of various initiatives and next steps.
