michigan climate

Michigan has always had dry spells, but they have become longer and more severe. Climate scientists believe Michigan fires may soon resemble the fires that happen annually out west.

One study examines how policies surrounding electric vehicles have considered low-income and disadvantaged communities and how disproportionate ownership remains despite equity consideration.

Abnormally dry conditions stretch across the state, with a section of mid-Michigan in a severe drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has appointed a new chief climate officer. The University of Michigan is hosting a month-long arts festival. A local podcast provides some advice about making your bed. A poet discusses his first novel. And this week’s episode of On Hand, a Michigan Public podcast.

Johnna Infanti is a meteorologist at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center and the author of the latest Fall and Winter Outlook report. She says 2025-2026 may be a wet winter.

On today’s program, environmental concerns over legislation to bring big data centers to Michigan. Then, a ballast water balancing act between U.S. and Canadian regulations for freighters on the Great Lakes. And, what you need to know about Bird Flu spreading to humans in our state.

What Michigan farmers are up against in the changing climate and growing seasons. Also today, what’s wrong with Michigan’s housing stock. A discussion on a new study of statewide housing needs. Growing interest in native plants. Then, a short history of Gerrymandering in the United States and Michigan lessons about reclaiming representation.

Today, with the onset of the presidential campaign in Michigan, how are candidates and surrogates trying to win over middle-of-the-road voters? Also, a production short-cut in the cannabis vaping industry has regulators scrambling to close loopholes for synthetic THC. Recalling the time a jet bomber flew under the Mackinac Bridge. And, we preview a documentary on birds and their status as an indicator of environmental change.

A scientific study called off for the first time in decades due to a lack of ice, a tribute to the late guitarist and co-founder of MC5, and a historian of the Burt Lake Band in the U.P. documents the first people, the culture on Burt Lake and the white men who destroyed their village.

Demand for electric vehicles is slipping, the intersection of art and AI, a Polish-food pop-up, and how climate change is affecting autumn colors.