Hua Cai, a second-year doctoral student at SNRE, has won three awards for a poster presentation on research using travel patterns of taxis in Beijing, China. Her work examined the real-time trajectories of 10,375 taxis for one week to explore the impacts of individual travel patterns to plug-in hybrid electric vehicle acceptance, electrification rate, and associated implications on greenhouse gas emissions.
The poster (download .pdf below) is titled "Characterizing Individual Travel Patterns through Big Data Mining."
In an interview with Michigan Radio, SNRE Associate Professor Brad Cardinale talks about biodiversity in the context of a bill in the Michigan Legislature.
The story by Rebecca William discusses a bill introduced by state Sen. Tom Casperson-R (Escanaba) that would prohibit the the state Department of Natural Resources from setting aside an area of land specifically for the purpose of maintaining biological diversity (basically, to protect the variety of plants and animals that live in an area), according to the Michigan Radio story.
SNRE Professor Rosina M. Bierbaum discusses the recently released National Climate Assessment draft report with Cynthia Canty of Michigan Radio. Bierbaum of SNRE and the School of Public Health was a lead convening author of the chapter on climate change adaptation.
Stateside with Cynthia Canty covers a range of Michigan news and policy issues as well as culture and lifestyle stories.
The well funded, well organized and coordinated efforts of climate denialists on the internet pose a significant obstacle to the climate scientists and decision makers dedicated to educating the public about the realities of global warming.
One of the most effective social media initiatives against climate denialism has been Peter Sinclair’s “Climate Denial Crock of the Week“, the YouTube series that confronts and calls out climate deniers, deftly dissecting fossil funded disinformation and propaganda. Sinclair will illustrate the science with video clips, discuss what works, and what doesn't in climate communication, and relate stories from the media wars that have shaped coverage of the most important issue of the millennium.
The Erb Speaker Series is open to the public. Co-sponsored by: Erb Institute, Michigan League of Conservation Voters, Sierra Club, Michigan Environmental Council, and Ecology Center
Sinclair website: http://climatecrocks.com/
Earthfest is designed to engage, entertain and educate University of Michigan students and staff on all aspects of sustainability. We look forward to your involvement and hope your organization will support our attempt to make this a zero-waste event by incorporating only useful and reusable items.
Your organization is invited to participate in this year’s EarthFest event. Click here to sign up!
Highlights include:
- Chef demos
- Rufus, the university recycling mascot
- Pledge photos
- Recycle toss
For more information, please visit sustainability.umich.edu or email ocs_contact@umich.edu.