Climate-Sensitive Risk Assessment for Targeted Prevention of Cardiometabolic Diseases (EDF)

…Climate-associated exposures – such as air pollution, extreme heat, natural disasters, and climate migration – have emerged as major concerns for cardiometabolic health. This project will create new climate vulnerability…

Udita Bansal (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)

…anthropogenic effects constantly modify natural habitats and increase light pollution, prey may become more vulnerable to predation at night. It is therefore vital to understand how different traits can enable…

Glen Dowell

…in pollution levels, the role of corporate mergers and acquisitions in facilitating changes in facility environmental performance, and the relative influence of financial return and disruption on commercial adoption of…

Hannah Gurholt (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)

…altering how communities move, behave, and survive. Light pollution either comes directly from streetlights and buildings or indirectly from reflections off the atmosphere. One of the world’s most well-known butterflies,…

Power Huron Project

California’s planned electricity rate reform will save $700 million and prevent 8 million tons of greenhouse gas pollution each year. The state’s transition to time-of-use pricing, however, may stall if…

Eric Teplitz (Public & Ecosystem Health)

…scale as a consequence of anthropogenic nutrient pollution. Concurrently, aquaculture production systems, which are pivotal to achieving food security yet impact aquatic ecosystem health, are proliferating rapidly. Navigating the food…

Healthy Living in Smart Cities

Urban communities face major sustainability challenges that affect public health and quality of life, including snarled traffic, greenhouse gas emissions, and pollution. The researchers will design a comprehensive information infrastructure:…

After the Conifers Die

…die? Wildfires often follow, along with pollution and habitat changes that allow parasites to spread, and the whole ecosystem suffers the consequences: plants, birds and mammals, and human beings. Based…

A New US President, Class Division, and Energy Policy

Maddie Worth (Entomology)

Crane Flies as Potential Pollinators: Investigating Diversity and Evolutionary Relationships in Tropical Ecosystems of Costa Rica Advisor: Jason Dombroskie Pollination is essential for life on Earth, promoting ecosystem health, food…