Running through the heart of Michigan State University’s campus, the Red Cedar River has long served as a beacon of recreation, teaching and learning, and a thriving ecosystem for the campus community.

In a study funded by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, MSU's Kandace Griffin and Professor Michael Wagner found that sea lampreys follow a clear pattern of staying in the deepest parts of a river.

MSU alum and artist Hannah Tizedes is turning art into environmental activism through her Michigan-based nonprofit, The Cleanup Club.

This week's articles by MSU faculty, specialists and students making a difference feature sewage-tracked antibiotic resistance, phosphorus recovery from waste, and COVID detection in campus HVAC filters.

What are PFAS, and how do they show up in Michigan’s water? This 2-minute video explains how these “forever chemicals” move through the environment, what researchers are doing to track them, and what it means for our communities.

This Pride Month, the MSU Water Alliance is highlighting LGBTQ+ voices in water research—faculty whose work is reshaping how we understand equity, infrastructure, and public health.

This week's articles by MSU faculty, specialists and students making a difference feature AI-powered orchard mapping, soft robotics for pipe inspection, and sustainable solar development.

In its second year, the Water Alliance has focused on building campus connections through interdisciplinary research and public engagement.

In the humid heat of Karachi—Pakistan’s largest city and home to more than 20 million people—a tanker truck connects to a fire hydrant and begins siphoning water. This is not unusual. These tankers are part of what’s known as the “water mafia”.

This week's articles by MSU faculty, specialists and students making a difference feature virus tracking in wastewater, COVID-19 testing, AI forecasting, and U.S. ocean sampling.

This week’s articles by MSU faculty, specialists and students making a difference feature foodborne pathogen behavior and precision agriculture tools that detect crop disease risks.

This week’s articles by MSU faculty, specialists and students making a difference feature the food-energy-water nexus, freshwater fish distributions, greenhouse gas emissions, and PFAS.