MSU scientists studying consequences of climate change
Michigan State University researchers and outreach specialists are working to ensure the sustainability of our agriculture and natural resources systems amidst a changing climate.
Our Table - Climate Change and Our Global Food System
A conversation around climate change and the global food system hosted by MSU and featuring Nick Haddad, Rebecca Jordan, Pamela Ronald and Michael Webber.
Experts
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Brad Neumann, MS, AICP
Land Use Planning
neuman36@msu.edu
906-475-5731
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Jason Rowntree
Professor - Animal Science
rowntre1@msu.edu
517-355-8443
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Mark Skidmore
Professor and Morris Chair in State and Local Government Finance and Policy; Resident Fellow and Interim Director, MSU Extension Center for Local Government Finance and Policy
mskidmor@msu.edu
517-353-9172
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Wonmin Sohn
Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture
wonmin@msu.edu
517-353-0677
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Michael Thomashow, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor; MSU Foundation Professor
thomash6@msu.edu
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Addie Thompson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Maize genetics and genomics; quantitative genetics; plant morphology; drought stress; high-throughput phenotyping.
thom1718@msu.edu
517-353-0112
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Heather Triezenberg, Ph.D.
Michigan Sea Grant Extension Associate Director and Program Leader
vanden64@msu.edu
517-355-5508
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Robert VanBuren
Associate Professor
vanbur31@msu.edu
517-353-0355
News
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Traverse City cherry, apple grower optimistic new climate program will address soil health
Published on June 19, 2024
Raul Gomez, operations manager of Wunsch Farms in Traverse City, said changing climate patterns have shown the importance of accurately applying water and nutrients to the soil. -
MSU team receives $750K to explore climate change mitigation potential of switchgrass
Published on June 13, 2024
The grant is through USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. -
New climate resiliency program aims to assist in ‘challenges our farm hasn’t faced before’
Published on June 12, 2024
Jeanie Igl, fourth-generation farmer of Hawkins Homestead based in Ingham County, said she hopes the new Agricultural Climate Resiliency Program will provide several years of climate research to combat the emerging issues her farm is experiencing. -
New MSU research projects supported by sustainable agriculture funds
Published on June 10, 2024
Two new projects will be funded by the Bayer New Initiatives Fund for Sustainable Agriculture and the Sustainable Michigan Fund. -
Michigan plant leaders play key role in new climate resiliency program
Published on May 29, 2024
Leaders from the Michigan Plant Coalition began discussions in 2016 on ways their industries could prepare for challenges brought upon by climate change.
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97%
of climate scientists agree that climate-warming trends over the past century are extremely likely due to human activities
The planet's average surface temperature has risen about
1.62 degrees
Fahrenheit since the late 19th century
Loss of forests contributes as much as 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions each year
February 2020 was the second-warmest February on record
CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere are at their highest levels in over 800,000 years