Environment

Cutting carbon emissions to zero in the next 30 years would save about 74 million lives this century, a new analysis estimates.

Michigan State University ecologists collaborated internationally with both professional and volunteer scientists to better understand what is driving a…

Visitors to Michigan State University’s campus might soon notice landscaping crews using quieter and more environmentally-friendly equipment.MSU’s…

Michigan State University researchers say they have found a connection between invasive zebra mussels and toxic algae blooms through a long-term…

Michigan State University’s work to protect and study pollinators has gone on without a base of operations on campus. Now, there’s a new center devoted to…

There’s been a lot of news about the amount of plastic debris in the oceans. But plastic pollution is also affecting the Great Lakes. A study out of the…

The steady sound of crickets chirping in the evening is a staple of a midwest summer. And with some simple math that chirping can be utilized to tell the…

A Canadian company has officially ended efforts to place an intermediate-level nuclear storage facility along the shore of Lake Huron. The decision comes…

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday ordered Michigan’s environmental agency to review its pollution-inspection procedures after the discovery of a bright…

New research finds that rainwater can be a source of PFAs chemicals.PFAs, or perfluoroalkyl substances, are a family of chemicals found across the state…