Michigan farmers irrigate with 187 billion gallons of groundwater a year, double what was used a decade earlier. Is the state prepared for more?
Michigan climate change
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Opinion | The time is now for Michigan to invest in climate resiliency plans
Like the rest of the world, Michigan must work toward mitigating the projected trajectory of climate change by significantly reducing our greenhouse gas generation.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Michigan’s soggy summer evidence of a global climate reckoning
The massive storms that ripped through southeast Michigan this summer are likely the state’s new normal, but our aging infrastructure was designed for the climate of the past.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Smoke from wildfires making Michigan’s sunsets even more vibrant
Wildfires consuming the west coast and Canada are troublesome and destructive, but they are also producing stunning panoramas through the hazy skies.
Posted inThe Center for Michigan
Watch Bridge’s Lunch Break discussion on impact of climate change in Michigan
Bridge Michigan environmental reporter Kelly House moderated a Zoom discussion with two experts about our changing state and environmental justice.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Health officials: Climate change threat to Michigan. But few make it priority.
More than three-quarters of health department officials in Michigan agree that climate change will impact their jurisdiction in the next 20 years. But only a third identified climate change as a priority for their department.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Monarch butterflies decimated. How climate change is killing them in Michigan
Yes, planting milkweed helps. But a new study by Michigan State University researchers links hotter, drier weather to monarch declines and raises questions about the iconic butterflies’ future as the climate changes.
Posted inBusiness Watch
Michigan’s tart cherry growers blame weather for yet another low harvest
One of the state’s signature crops is facing its second year of decline. Growers weighed whether the work of the small harvest would be worth it and experts are wondering what it means for the industry.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Michigan flood waters, heat may have spiked Legionnaires’ disease
Health officials note an uptick in cases over two weeks, and are searching for a common source.
Posted inThe Center for Michigan
Join Bridge Lunch Break chat on climate change impacts in Michigan
On July 29, Bridge Michigan environmental reporter Kelly House will moderate a Zoom discussion with environmental experts on the impacts of climate change in our state and the role of environmental justice in combating its effects
