Courses
BIO 105 - Environmental Science
CHM 321 - Environmental Chemistry
ECO 100 - Current Economic Issues
ECO 345 - Environmental and Resource Economics
ENS 201 - Introduction to Environmental Studies and Sustainability
ENS 401 - Environmental Problem Solving
GEO 100 - Environmental Geology
GEO 300 - Geology and the Environment
GPY 235 - World Regional Geography
GPY 335 - Geographic Patterns-Global Development
GPY 412 - Global Environmental Change
HNR 241 - The Earth, A Global View
NRM 150 - Introduction to Natural Resources
NRM 240 - Principles of Climatology
NRM 330 - Environmental Pollution
PLS 207: Introduction to U.S. Environmental Policy
Event
Climate Change Demonstration through Modeling of a Thawing Permafrost, Stephanie Standriff
Faculty Grant Awards
Project to bring Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness up to and to Exceed the Minimum Levels for Wilderness Stewardship, Carol Griffin
Collaborative Research: Sustaining and Amplifying the ITEX AON Through Automation and Increased Interdisciplinarity of Observations, Robert Hollister
Inventory and Analysis of Historic Wetlands and their Functions in the Lower Grand River Watershed, John Koches
Green Chemistry Education Network to Foster Higher Education Curriculum Development in Green Chemistry, Dalila Kovacs
Effects of Institutional Change on Regional Hydrometeorology, Elena Lioubimsteva
Multi-proxy Search for the Deglacial Deep Sea Carbonate Preservation Maximum in Antarctic Ice, Figen Mekik
ORNIS Project, Shaily Menon
Two-day Workshop for Middle and High School Teachers for Professional Development and Training, Karen Meyers
Workshop to Help Identify Opportunities to Develop Energy or fuel and Compost from Locally Available Biomass Resources, Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) at Grand Valley State University-Muskegon
Environmental Stewardship and Education Network of University, School and Community Partners, Claudia Sowa
AWRI: Investigating the Effects of Changes in Lake Level on Coastal Ecosystems, Alan Steinman
Faculty Publications
Exploration of a Submerged Sinkhole Ecosystem in Lake Huron, Bopaiah A. Biddanda, Dwight F. Coleman, Thomas H. Johengen, Steven A. Ruberg, Guy A. Meadows, Hans W. VanSumeren, Richard R. Rediske, and Scott T. Kendall
Great Lakes Sinkholes: A Microbiogeochemical Frontier, Bopaiah A. Biddanda, Stephern C. Nold, Steven A. Ruberg, Scott T. Kendall, T. Garrison Sanders, and Jefferson J. Gray
Nutrient Bioassays of Plankton Biomass and Metabolism in an Urbanized Drowned River-mouth Lake (Mona Lake, Michigan), Bopaiah A. Biddanda, Alan Steinman, Nemeth Lori, Ying Hong, Scott T. Kendall, and Richard R. Rediske
Temperature Affects Stoichiometry and Biochemical Composition of Escherichia Coli, James B. Cotner, Wataru Makino, and Bopaiah A. Biddanda
Global Assessment of Experimental Climate Warming on Tundra Vegetation: Heterogeneity Over Space and Time, Sarah C. Elmendorf, Gregory H.R. Henry, Robert D. Hollister, Robert G. Björk, Anne D. Bjorkman, Terry V. Callaghan, Laura S. Collier, Elisabeth J. Cooper, Johannes H.C. Cornelissen, Thomas A. Day, Anne M. Fossa, William A. Gould, Járngerður Gretarsdottit, John Harte, Luise Hermanutz, David S. Hik, Annika Hofgaard, Frith Jarrad, Ingibjörg S. Jonsdottir, Frida Keuper, Kari Klanderud, Julia A. Klein, Saewan Koh, Gaku Kudo, Simone I. Lang, Val Loewn, Jeremy L. May, Joel Mercado, Anders Michelsen, Ulf Molau, Isla Myers-Smith, Steven F. Oberbauer, Sara Pieper, Eric Post, Christian Rixen, Clare H. Robinson, Ørjan Totland, Tiffany Troxler, Carl H. Wahren, Patrick J. Webber, Jeffery M. Welker, and Philip A. Wookey
Offshore Wind Energy Development Outreach Videos, Betty Gajewski and Erik Nordman
Environmental Impacts of Land-based Wind Energy in West Michigan, Betty Gajewski, C Schoolmaster, and Erik Nordman
Evidence and Implications of Recent Climate Change in Terrestrial Regions of the Arctic, Larry D. Hinzman, Neil D. Bettez, F Stuart Chapin III, Mark B. Dyurgerov, Chris L. Fastie, Brad Griffith, Robert D. Hollister, Allen S. Hope, Henry P. Huntington, and Anne M. Jensen
Above and Belowground Plant Biomass Response to Experimental Warming in Northern Alaska, Robert D. Hollister and Kathryn J. Flaherty
Biotic Validation of Small Open-top Chambers in a Tundra Ecosystem, Robert D. Hollister and Patrick J. Webber
Plant Response to Temperature in Northern Alaska: Implications for Predicting Vegetation Change, Robert D. Hollister, Patrick J. Webber, and Christian Bay
Soil Thaw and Temperature Response to Air Warming Varies by Plant Community: Results from an Open-top Chamber Experiment in Northern Alaska, Robert D. Hollister, Patrick J. Webber, Frederick E. Nelson, and Craig E. Tweedie
Soil Temperature and Thaw Response to Manipulated Air Temperature and Plant Cover at Barrow and Atqasuk, Alaska, Robert D. Hollister, Patrick J. Webber, Robert T. Slider, Frederick E. Nelson, and Craig E. Tweedie
The Response of Alaskan Arctic Tundra to Experimental Warming: Differences Between Short- and Long-term Responses, Robert D. Hollister, Patrick J. Webber, and Craig E. Tweedie
Occurrence of the Toxin-producing Cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis Raciborskii in Mona and Muskegon Lakes, Michigan, Ying Hong, Alan Steinman, Bopaiah A. Biddanda, Richard R. Rediske, and Gary Fahnenstiel
Remote Sensing of Tundra Gross Ecosystem Productivity and Light Use Efficiency Under Varying Temperature and Moisture Conditions, K F. Huemmrich, J A. Gamon, C E. Tweedie, S F. Oberbauer, G Kinoshita, S Houston, A Kuchy, Robert D. Hollister, H Kwon, M Mano, Y Harazono, P J. Webber, and W C. Oechel
The Economic Costs of Wind Energy, P Isley, Y Fan, and Erik Nordman
Stimulation of Lake Michigan Plankton Metabolism by Sediment Resuspension and River Runoff, Thomas H. Johengen, Bopaiah A. Biddanda, and James B. Cotner
Doughnut in the Desert: Late-winter Production in Southern Lake Michigan, Charles Kerfoot, Judith W. Budd, Sarah Green, James B. Cotner, Bopaiah A. Biddanda, and David J. Schwab
Nonlinear Controls on Evapotranspiration in Arctic Coastal Wetlands, A K. Liljedahl, L D. Hinzman, Y Harazono, D Zona, C E. Tweedie, Robert D. Hollister, R Engstrom, and W C. Oechel
Africa and the Global Climate Change: Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation Challenges, Elena Liouimtseva
Climate Change in Arid Environments: Revisiting the Past to Understand the Future, Elena Liouimtseva
Climate Change in Turkmenistan, Elena Liouimtseva
Environmental Changes in Arid Central Asia Inferred from Remote Sensing Data and Ground Observations, Elena Liouimtseva
Global Food Security and Grain Production Trends in Central Eurasia: Do Models Predict a New Window of Opportunity?, Elena Liouimtseva
Global Food Security and Grain Production Trends in Central Eurasia: Do Models Predict a New Window of Opportunity?, Elena Liouimtseva
Grain Production Trends in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan: New Opportunities in Increasingly Unstable World?, Elena Liouimtseva
Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Arid and Semi-arid Environments: A Case Study of Post-Soviet Central Asia, Elena Liouimtseva
Possible Changes in the Carbon Budget of Arid and Semi-arid Central Asia Inferred from Landuse/Landcover Analyses During 1981 to 2001, Elena Liouimtseva
Russia's Role In The Post-2012 Climate Change Policy: Key Contradictions And Uncertainties, Elena Liouimtseva
Possible Implications of Increased Carbon Dioxide Levels and Climate Change for Desert Ecosystems, Elena Liouimtseva and J Adams
Assessing Societal Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity to Climatic Change in Arid Central Asia, Elena Liouimtseva, W Capehart, K de Beurs, C K. Wright, and Geoffrey M. Henebry
Uncertainties of Climate Change in Arid Environments of Central Asia, Elena Liouimtseva and Roy Cole
Impacts of Climate and Land-cover Changes in Arid Lands of Central Asia, Elena Liouimtseva, Roy Cole, J M. Adams, and G Kapustin
Climate and Environmental Change in Arid Central Asia: Impacts, Vulnerability, and Adaptations, Elena Liouimtseva and Geoffrey M. Henebry
Potential Impact of Climate Change on the Grain Productivity in Central Eurasia: Human Vulnerability and Adaptations, Elena Liouimtseva and Geoffrey M. Henebry
Environmental Stress Effects on Vigor, Mortality, and Growth in Northern Hardwood Forests Along a Pollution-Climate Gradient, Neil W. MacDonald, John A. Witter, David D. Reed, Andrew J. Burton, Kurt S. Pregitzer, and Hal O. Liechty
Exploring the Hydrosphere, Climate, and Geologic History of Michigan, Steve R. Mattox and B Prough
Projected Climate Change Effects on Nuthatch Distribution and Diversity Across Asia, Shailey Menon, M Zafar-ul Islam, A Peterson, and A Townsend
Predictive Modeling of Plant Diseases to Manage Climate Change Risk in Forests, Shailey Menon and A T. Peterson
First-pass Global Assessment of Biodiversity Consequences of Sea Level Rise Mediated by Climate Change, Shailey Menon, J Soberon, X Li, and A T. Peterson
Citizen Views on Offshore Wind Energy in Lake Michigan, Erik Nordman
Offshore Wind Energy Outreach: Wind Farm Visualization, Erik Nordman
Offshore Wind Energy: Public Perceptions and Policy Dimensions, Erik Nordman
Reducing Air Pollution and Carbon Emissions in West Michigan with Wind Energy, Erik Nordman
Regional Response to a Statewide Renewable Energy Standard, Erik Nordman
Status of Offshore Wind Energy in Michigan’s Great Lakes, Erik Nordman
Wind Energy Deployment: Global Lessons for West Michigan, Erik Nordman
Wind Power and Human Health: Flicker, Noise and Air Quality, Erik Nordman
Citizen Views on Offshore Wind Energy in Lake Michigan, Erik Nordman and Betty Gajewski
Public Perceptions of Offshore Wind Energy in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Erik Nordman, Celia Haven, Victoria Pebbles, and John Hummer
Offshore Wind Energy in Michigan: Implications for the Great Lakes Environment, Erik Nordman and Daniel O'Keefe
Offshore Wind Energy in Michigan: Economic Costs and Benefits, Erik Nordman and L Vaccaro
Citizen Views on Offshore Wind Energy: Benefits, Challenges, and Information Gaps, Erik Nordman, J VanderMolen, Betty Gajewski, and Aaron Ferguson
Carbon Dioxide Exchange Responses of Arctic Tundra Ecosystems to Experimental Warming Along Moisture and Latitudinal Gradients, Steven F. Oberbauer, Craig E. Tweedie, Jeff M. Welker, Jace T. Fahnestock, Greg H.R. Henry, Patrick J. Webber, Robert D. Hollister, Marilyn D. Walker, Andrea Kuchy, and Starr Gregory
Recent Advances in the Climate Change Biology Literature, A T. Peterson, Shailey Menon, and Xingong Li
Observations of the Middle Island Sinkhole in Lake Huron: A Unique Hydrologic and Glacial Creation of 400 Million Years, Steven A. Ruberg, Scott T. Kendall, Bopaiah A. Biddanda, Tyrone Black, Wayne R. Lusardi, Russ Green, Tane Casserley, Elliott Smith, Stephen C. Nold, T Garrison Sanders, Gregory A. Lang, and Stephen A. Constant
A Meta-Analysis of the Response of Soil Respiration, Net Mineralization, and Aboveground Plant Growth to Experimental Ecosystem Warming, L E. Rustad, J Campbell, G M. Marion, R J. Norby, M J. Mitchell, A E. Hartley, J H.C. Cornelissen, J Gurevitch, and Grand Valley State University
Decadal Variations of Active-layer Thickness in Moisture-controlled Landscapes, Barrow, Alaska, Nikolay I. Shiklomanov, Dmitry A. Streletskiy, Frederick E. Nelson, Robert D. Hollister, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, Craig E. Tweedie, James G. Bockheim, and Jerry Brown