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Earth & Environment

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Global

Terriers Reflect on Attending This Year’s United Nations Climate Conference

December 1, 2025

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Sustainability

Sustainability Research Awards Honor BU Climate Science Heroes

November 24, 2025

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Oysters

Meet PEARL, a Mobile Research Lab Studying Oysters and Their Habitats

November 4, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence

Is AI Slowing Climate Progress? It’s Complicated

July 31, 2025

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Climate Change

Less Snow Makes Trees Absorb Less Carbon, According to New BU Study

July 7, 2025

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Conservation

River Herring in Martha’s Vineyard Are Disappearing. A BU Marine Biologist Is Trying to Help Save Them

June 12, 2025

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Carbon Credits

Do Forest Carbon Credits Work and Actually Help the Environment?

May 15, 2025

Climate Misinformation

Native Ads Are Shaping Climate Opinions. BU Researchers Say There’s a Way to Resist

April 24, 2025

Awards

Why Do Urban Trees Grow Faster than Rural Ones?

January 29, 2025

Seismic activity map. A 3.8 magnitude earthquake in Maine was felt throughout much of coastal New England—including at Boston University.

Earthquakes

Did Monday’s Earthquake Rattle You?

January 27, 2025

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Deep Sea

See the First Detailed Illustration of an Ancient Deep-Sea Mountain

January 17, 2025

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Ecological Forecasting

Can Ecological Forecasting Help Us Predict Wildfires?

December 10, 2024

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Research News

Brink Bites: BU Research Beyond the Headlines

October 1, 2024

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Inauguration 2024

Inauguration 2024 Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World

September 25, 2024

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Undergraduate Research

Getting Their Hands Dirty in the Lab—and in the Charles River

August 26, 2024

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Aging and Climate

Feeling the Heat? Researchers Say Heat Waves Will Put More Older Adults in Danger

August 1, 2024

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Clownfish

Clownfish: Studying their Complex Lives and Anemone Homes

February 9, 2024

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Climate Change

City Leaders Need to Make Billion-Dollar Decisions to Protect Boston from Sea Level Rise

January 31, 2024

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Climate Change

2023 Was the Hottest Year on Record: Current Climate Action Isn’t Enough to Halt Global Warming

January 16, 2024

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Urban Planning

Why Is the US So Unprepared for Natural Disasters?

January 3, 2024

Why Is the US So Unprepared for Natural Disasters?