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Scientists to global policymakers: treat fish as food to help solve world hunger

Published on January 18, 2021
Fish provide 17% of the animal protein consumed globally and are rich in micronutrients and essential fatty acids. In Ambio experts argue seeing fish in a food system perspective.
Ships take environmentally friendly path

Published on January 11, 2021
Ships passing through the Aleutian Islands are heeding advisories to stay further from shore for safety.
MSU researcher receives Michigan Department of Natural Resources grant to continue lake sturgeon study

Published on January 11, 2021
Kim Scribner, a professor in the MSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, has received a $780,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for research to restore declining lake sturgeon populations in Michigan.
Pandas’ popularity ‘umbrella’ not protecting neighbors

Published on January 4, 2021
Doubt is cast on the long-held hope that the conservation protections granted pandas and other adored threatened species extended to their wildlife neighbors, calling for broader conservation efforts.
MSU researchers part of $4.4 million grant to examine spread of infectious disease by migratory birds

Published on December 17, 2020
Researchers at Michigan State University are partnering with colleagues from the U.S. and four other countries to develop biosurveillance plans to monitor and prevent infectious disease spread by migratory birds.
Addressing humans’ voracious consumption of nature

Published on December 15, 2020
In a collection of essays by leaders is sustainability sciences curated by the UK's Royal Society, Jianguo "Jack" Liu links global appetites to biodiversity loss
Citizen science bioblitz events evolve during novel coronavirus pandemic

Published on November 30, 2020
A bioblitz pairs community members with researchers in an effort to identify as many species as possible at a given location during a specific timeframe. During the pandemic, researchers have had to adapt the event structure.
Farms, tables and revealing vast impacts between and beyond

Published on November 17, 2020
A unique study in Nature Communications examines how food, energy, water and greenhouse gases create a vast front in the battle to feed the planet.
CANR names Roloff to lead Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

Published on November 17, 2020
Gary Roloff, Ph.D., named chairperson for the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, effective Jan. 1, 2021.
Li heads for the clouds with cyber fellowship

Published on November 11, 2020
CSIS's Yingjie Li named an MSU Cloud Computing Fellow
Shocking biodiversity decline more than one-solution crisis

Published on October 22, 2020
MSU sustainability scientist Jianguo "Jack" Liu is part of an international team of scientists analyzing new goals for nature in a United Nations effort published in Science Magazine.
Networks, clusters and how global meat markets tick

Published on October 7, 2020
MSU researchers in Scientific Reports combined a network model approach with cluster analysis of meat trade in 134 countries from 1995 to 2015.
Michigan Clean Water Corps to be administered by MSU through new $1.7 million grant

Published on September 30, 2020
The Michigan Clean Water Corps, a statewide network of volunteer programs for monitoring lake and stream water quality, will now be administered through MSU with a grant from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.
Jill Cruth: Creating a sense of belonging

Published on September 25, 2020
Jill Cruth, academic program coordinator in the Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, is committed to making students feel welcome and offering personal and professional support.
Gary Roloff: Increasing academic opportunities

Published on September 25, 2020
Gary Roloff, professor in the Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, sees diversity, equity and inclusion as critical to developing effective leaders in STEM.