The Biden administration is putting billions towards sustainable, domestic energy production. A major part of this effort is pumped underground storage hydro, or PUSH, a closed-loop hydroelectric system in which two Michigan Tech researchers are leading experts.
Evan Kane, soil carbon expert, is available to speak about how increasingly severe wildfires are accelerating the climate change feedback loop.
In her latest book, Diane Shoos examines portrayals of abusive relationships on the Silver Screen that reinforce who and what we believe about domestic violence.
An interdisciplinary lab at Michigan Tech's Great Lakes Research Center brings air, earth and water scientists together to study climate and environmental issues.
There is a proven system for sustainable management of northern hardwood forests. Everyone subscribes to it, but a study shows few are actually doing it.
Most people are fed up with winter, but Guy Meadows loves it. Ice and snow give the director of Michigan Technological University’s Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC) in the frigid Upper Peninsula of Michigan a chance to do something few others can: study the Great Lakes under a cover of ice.
Two Michigan Technological University chefs are holding classes to help faculty and staff learn to cook and eat more nutritiously.
Lake Superior is more than 90 percent iced over, and experts say it may be covered completely before winter's end. Someone has proposed a hike across Lake Michigan, and Lake Huron and Lake Erie are 95 percent frozen. But even without 100 percent ice cover, the icy lakes are having a major effect on the environment around them.
A Michigan Technological University water resources engineer is working with experts from 10 other universities across the nation to develop a sustainable model for water resources management in South Florida. It will serve other areas facing similar issues.
A researcher at Michigan Technological University is looking into neural connections to high blood pressure and congestive heart failure.
The faculty advisor to Michigan Technological University's Korean Student Association and a visiting scholar from South Korea express their fears and hopes about escalating tensions between South and North Korea.
An Early Intervention Team at Michigan Technological University offers faculty and friends a new way to help troubled students before their problems get out of hand.
As deadly as the attacks on the World Trade Center were, thousands more could have perished if the towers had fallen immediately.
Earthquake expert Greg Waite is available to discuss the earthquake that shook the East Coast this week.
Cell phones, roommates, banks, Facebook are just some of the things you need to think about before you head off for college.
A mechanical engineering professor at Michigan Tech is studying how the aging knee degenerates, in hopes of finding ways to prevent painful osteoarthritis.
Researchers at Michigan Technological University are concerned with how climate change research data is communicated to the public, and NSF-funded graduate student fellows--the next generation of scientists--are learning ways to do it better.
An earthquake expert at Michigan Technological University can explain the phenomenon of the life-threatening tsunami that often follows a major earthquake.
Natural resource policy is an emerging academic field that focuses on the people part of science. It straddles the social and environmental sciences. "People cause social problems; people are affected by them; people care about them; and it's people who have to fix them," says Michigan Tech Professor Kathy Halvorsen.
Children's daycare centers need to pay special attention to allergies, as well as to religious and cultural food requirements.
Bears have bones that stay strong even when they hibernate. If humans are bedridden or wrestling with the low-to-no gravity of outer space, their bones grow brittle and crumble. What do the bears know that we don't?
Hugh Gorman, a technology historian at Michigan Technological University, can provide perspective and background on regulatory policies and the oil industry.
There are so many aspects to the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana is that it can be hard to know where to turn for an informed comment. Several scientists and alumni from Michigan Technological University have research and practical expertise that you might find helpful.
Rudiger Escobar Wolf, a former employee of the Guatemalan volcanic disaster agency, is conducting research on volcanoes in the region.
Michigan Tech students are developing a "smart" electric meter. Meanwhile, they say thoughtful scheduling of high-demand electrical appliance use can cut household power costs.
Some tips on things an entering freshman can do over the summer to make the transition to college easier.
The Icelandic volcano eruption has closed down all airports in the United Kingdom, Belgium and northern Germany, which affects air traffic all over Europe and transatlantic flights from the US. One Michigan Technological University professor says it’s important to track the cloud not only to monitor its impact on aviation but also because of the gases within.
First-person reports from the UN climate change summit, from a graduate student in forest ecology and an undergraduate in environmental anthropology at Michigan Technological University.
A student-run group called Green Campus Enterprise has determined the carbon footprint at Michigan Technological University and is exploring strategies for reducing it.
The past can clarify the present, says Dean Johnson of Michigan Technological University, who uses the 1929 crash to teach about the 2008 housing debacle. He also observes that faith may finally be overcoming fear the financial markets.
Summer seems like a funny time to play hockey, but in Houghton, Michigan--the birthplace of professional hockey in the US--summer hockey camp is a tradition that has been going strong for 40 years.
Jon Stone, safety and health specialist at Michigan Technological University and safety officer on the University's Incident Command Team, can talk knowledgably about handling a potential epidemic or pandemic on a university campus.
Engineering students from 18 schools take the Clean Snowmobile Challenge at Michigan Technological University in March.
NASA's new Water Recovery System, made possible in part by researchers at Michigan Technological University, can transform ordinary pee into water so pure it rivals the cleanest on Earth.
Contrary to popular belief, moderate increases in temperature and increased nitrogen from acid rain actually improves forest productivity, providing there is sufficient moisture.
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