Research Publications

Chemical mechanisms form the core of atmospheric models to describe degradation pathways of pollutants and ultimately inform air quality and climate policymakers and other stakeholders. The accuracy o...

In a new study published in Nature Energy, University of Michigan researchers Max Vanatta and Michael T. Craig, along with William R. Stewart, identify the conditions for SMR success by modeling the p...

Founded in 1896, the Big Ten Conference is one of the cornerstone collegiate athletic leagues in the United States, initially grouping together universities from the Midwest known for both their acade...

Small modular reactors (SMRs) offer a unique solution to the challenge of decarbonizing mid- and high-temperature industrial processes. Here we develop deployment pathways for four SMR designs displac...

Lubumbashi is the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) southernmost province of Haut-Katanga,1 and it lies at the crossroads of global decarbonization and neocolonialism. Drawing on our...

Our understanding of energy poverty within the United States relies on a combination of data sources that when pieced together, offer a fragmented snapshot of household energy needs. While tools exist...

The production of maple syrup from sap requires extensive processing, which has traditionally led to significant energy inputs and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per gallon produced. Technology advanc...

Canada's dairy supply management system provides milk year-round but unnecessarily disposes of overproduction. A lack of transparent data on discarded milk means that the scale of this issue is unknow...

This study investigates the geographic correlation between flooding risk, climate skepticism, and social vulnerability across the United States. Our results reveal a systematic underestimation of floo...

Climate change threatens the resource adequacy of future power systems. Existing research and practice lack frameworks for identifying decarbonization pathways that are robust to climate-related uncer...

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is the primary livelihood for an estimated 40 million people in 80 countries and supports an additional 130 to 270 million people in mining communities. With the...

Metered-dose inhalers prescribed for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease contain hydrofluorocarbon propellants, potent greenhouse gases that trap heat in the atmosphere thousands of times...

Urban farms, particularly those utilizing vertical space and hydroponics, have the potential to address many challenges of the existing food system. The use of organic inputs in hydroponics can conser...

Electrification with heat pumps is often cited as a preferred pathway to decarbonize US space heating in the transition to a net-zero energy system. However, fully electrifying building heat may signi...

The growing number of threats facing continental-scale transboundary water treaties warrants contemporary evaluation of not only the political and climatological conditions under which they were const...

Green hydrogen produced by electrolysis with renewable electricity can be used directly or in synthetic fuels (e-fuels) to decarbonize road, rail, marine, and air transportation. However, system ineff...

The production of maple syrup from sap requires extensive processing, which has traditionally led to significant energy inputs and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per gallon produced. Technology advanc...

Comprehensive assessments of hydrological components are crucial for enhancing operational water supply simulations. However, hydrological models are often evaluated based on their surface flow simula...

The Great Lakes contain 20 percent of the world’s fresh surface water, a drinking source for 30- million people. The system is vital to manufacturing, largely due to efficient transportation of commod...

Vehicle electrification is one of the primary strategies being pursued for the decarbonization of the transportation sector. But to meet emissions reduction goals for that sector, the current vehicle ...

Informal settlements in African cities are faced with a combination of severe economic, infrastructural, and health-related challenges, which we hypothesize are linked to historical urban planning pro...

We investigate the impact of adoption of electric vehicles and cleaner fuels on future surface levels of PM2.5 and ozone over Delhi for two contrasting seasons, pre-monsoon and post-monsoon. We run th...

Understanding how consumption patterns affect the environment and shape well-being hinges on the rationale that the data collected on what is consumed, who consumes it, and where are indeed accurate. ...

This report examines current and potential demand for hydrogen in hard-to-abate end-uses including petroleum refining, chemicals, pulp and paper, steelmaking, cement, glass, semiconductor ma...