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Spartans Making A Difference: Safer Greens, Invasive Carp Control, and Clearer Streams

This week’s articles by MSU faculty, specialists, and students making a difference feature cold-stored E. coli in lettuce, invasive carp behavior in Lake Erie, and groundwater reshaping stream chemistry.
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Addressing the challenge of water for all: insights from MSU researchers

Three MSU research teams are examining how Midwestern communities navigate water access and decision-making, from climate resilience to public attitudes and policy outcomes.
Flooded field.

Spartans Making A Difference: Designing for the Future — Smarter Drainage, Cleaner Water

This week’s articles by MSU faculty, specialists, and students making a difference feature climate-smart drainage design, wastewater treatment to reduce antibiotic resistance, and PFAS in solar panels.
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Spartans Making A Difference: Shaping Shorelines, Safeguarding Futures

This week's articles by MSU faculty, specialists and students making a difference feature coastal resilience in the Great Lakes, phosphorus runoff from farm fields, and climate benefits of regenerative agriculture.
Rice Coral Under The Sea

New study reveals how corals teach their offspring to beat the heat

Caused by stressful conditions like warming ocean temperatures, coral bleaching is a leading threat to some of our planet’s most diverse and vital ecosystems. Now, a team of researchers has found that some corals survive warming ocean temperatures by passing heat-resisting abilities on to their offspring.

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Spartan science protects the water we depend on

Water is one of our planet’s most vital resources — essential for life, food production, energy and industry. But it’s facing serious threats from pollution, changes in climate and overuse. Addressing these complex challenges requires collaboration across many fields of research and practice, and at MSU, researchers are doing just that.
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MSU sustainability expert highlights link between Michigan water use, agriculture, and global trade

Recent debates over tariffs have focused primarily on economics, but they also demonstrate how trade decisions can carry unintended consequences for water use and environmental systems worldwide.
Red Cedar River

Bringing new life to the Red Cedar River

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.
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Swimming in the deep: MSU research reveals sea lamprey travel patterns in Great Lakes waterway

In a study funded by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, MSU's Kandace Griffin and Professor Michael Wagner found that sea lampreys — a parasitic fish considered an invasive species in the Great Lakes region of the U.S. — follow a clear pattern of staying in the deepest parts of a river.
Artworks of Hannah Tizedes

Creativity meets conservation: An MSU alum’s mission to protect our Great Lakes

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

Spartans Making A Difference: Wastewater ARGs, recycled phosphorus, and viruses in MSU vents

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.
PFAS: Forever Chemicals.

PFAS: Forever Chemicals

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.