Public Health

Outlines key terminology relating to extreme heat and its health impacts. Provides guidelines for taking protective measures against extreme heat and what to do during a heat emergency.

Dow Fellows project, in partnership with Friends of the Shiawassee River, assessed the stormwater impacts of utility-scale solar developments in mid-Michigan. Team members explored the issue of runoff and water quality through the lens of modeling and policy analysis. The team’s findings support best practices, including vegetative groundcover, soil restoration, and collaborative local engagement with […]

The report warns that unchecked climate change will bring severe heat, higher energy costs, reduced labor productivity, crop losses, and more heat-related deaths across the Midwest’s economy unless aggressive mitigation and adaptation occur.

Dow Fellows Program worked with Habitat for Humanity (HFH), to develop resources/recommendations to support sustainable, healthy, and affordable housing in U.S. Climate Zones 2 and 3. Their deliverables included a healthy housing indicators mapping tool, fact sheets, and a guide to climate zones.

Drawing from successful models in Puget Sound, Lake Erie, and Chesapeake Bay, this project analyzed key metrics aligned with the EPA’s Human Well-Being Index to track the connections between environmental health and community well-being. The project team identified key human well-being indicators that could be integrated into the Saginaw Bay Monitoring Consortium’s water quality dashboard

Confronting environmental change through research, education, and community collaboration

State agency providing public health guidance including climate-related health risks.

Statewide nonprofit advancing clean energy and environmental health protections.

The Environmental Protection Network harnesses the expertise of over 650 former EPA career staff and political appointees from across the country to serve as a trusted resource, answering calls for objective analysis, scientific rigor, and a vision for a transformed 21st century EPA.

Frontiers is one of the world’s largest and most impactful research publishers, dedicated to making peer-reviewed, quality-certified science openly accessible.