To intervene or not to intervene? That is the future climate question

Nine of the hottest years in human history have occurred in the past decade. Without a major shift in this climate trajectory, the future of life on Earth is in question, which poses a new question: Should humans, whose fossil fueled society is...
5-Apr-2021 3:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

New study: U.S. faces uphill struggle compared to U.K. in COVID-19 vaccination rates

Just 51% of Americans expressed a clear willingness to take the COVID-19 vaccine compared to 71% of residents in the United Kingdom, according to a new study conducted by Michigan State University's Quello Center during the first nine months of the...
15-Mar-2021 2:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Global river flow contingent upon climate change

New study shows that as climate change impacts extreme river flows, it could be worsening flooding or increasing water scarcity during dry seasons
15-Mar-2021 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New report: Pre-pandemic literacy has improved but will students be retained?

Third grade literacy has improved in Michigan according to a new report on Michigan’s Read by Grade 3 law from Michigan State University’s Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, the strategic research partner of the Michigan Department of...
15-Mar-2021 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New IceCube detection proves 60-year-old theory

Normally, electron antineutrino would zip right through the Earth at the speed of light as if it weren’t even there. But this particle just so happened to smash into an electron deep inside the South Pole’s glacial ice, and was caught by the...
10-Mar-2021 12:35 PM EST Add to Favorites

Survey reveals racial, political differences in COVID-19 responses

A study from Michigan State University that found in spite of Black Americans’ attitudes toward proper precautions, they are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic and White people are less likely to fall ill.
25-Feb-2021 2:35 PM EST Add to Favorites

1918 influenza signals warning for potential future pandemic reemergence

As we struggle to vaccinate faster than COVID variants spread, new research from Michigan State University used health data following the initial 1918 influenza spike to provide insights to what “pandemic reemergence” will look like for our...
10-Feb-2021 5:35 PM EST Add to Favorites

Uncovering how some corals resist bleaching

Climate change is bleaching and killing corals, but researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Hawaii are investigating how some can stand up to a warming world.
8-Feb-2021 2:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

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