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AgricultureCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationDrinking WaterEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
U.S. Counts on “Climate-Smart” Farms to Slow Global Warming
-But skeptics assert change in practices could increase risk to water and health.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeFeature HomepageForests and PlantsLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsProtectRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchTourism
Under current climate trends, Michigan’s Up North forests could be doomed
-World nations’ current climate action plans would still allow moderate warming. A new study shows without more aggressive action to slow climate change, the world’s boreal forests could see dramatic losses.
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Algae BloomsBrian OwensClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, Research
Lake heatwaves driven by human-caused climate change
-What sort of effect this will have on lake ecology and organisms is still unknown, though researchers say an increase in algal blooms can be expected.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, Research
Great Lakes temperatures unusually high, posing long-term threats
-The lakes’ temperatures have been higher than the long-term average since the summer and some even longer. Lake Superior for instance has been warmer than average for most of the year.
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AgricultureArticleClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsVideo
What does Ethanol have to do with the Great Lakes?
-Our original feature documentary on ethanol production in the US, The Ethanol Effect, premiered this past Sunday on the WORLD…