Boston University

Earth & Environment

A photo of an empty lab in BU’s Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering

Return to Campus Labs

BU Unveils First Phase of Campuswide Research Recovery Plan

May 6, 2020

A photo of Dorchester including a wind turbine

Climate Change & Coronavirus

In Boston, COVID-19 and Climate Change Are Hitting the Same Communities the Hardest

April 22, 2020

An aerial photo of Boston

Air Pollution & COVID-19

No, it’s Not Your Imagination, the Air in Boston is Cleaner

April 16, 2020

A photo of smokestacks spouting smoke

Sustainable Energy & COVID-19

Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Slow The Global Shift to Renewable Energy?

April 2, 2020

A photo of Wiley Hundertmark (CAS’20) with his research equipment

Sustainable Landscaping

Making Green Space Even Greener at BU

March 18, 2020

Lindsey Parietti holds a video camera.

Media

Into the Wild: Documenting Former Lab Chimps

March 11, 2020

A photo of coral and a dropper.

Natural Sciences

How This New England Coral Is Weathering Climate Change

February 24, 2020

2020 Democratic Presidential candidates Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, and Amy Klobuchar on stage during the Iowa Democratic Debate.

Climate Change

Climate Policy and Presidential Politics: How Candidates Rank

February 14, 2020

Nathan Phillips in his office February 4, a week into his hunger strike.

Scientist on Strike

Why BU Environmental Researcher Nathan Phillips Is on a Hunger Strike

February 5, 2020

Rows of green plants grow in sunlight

Greenhouse Gases

As Our Planet Gets Greener, Plants Are Slowing Global Warming

January 29, 2020

A firefighter watches wildfires burn a patch of forest in Australia.

Climate Change

How Global Warming Helped Ignite One of Australia’s Worst Fire Seasons

January 14, 2020

The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the center of Messier 87 (M87) and its shadow. The shadow of the black hole seen here is the closest we can come to an image of the black hole itself, a completely dark object from which light cannot escape

Research that Rocks

12 Breakthroughs That Wowed Us in 2019

December 19, 2019

Ecological researcher Amanda Gallinat takes notes about tree fruit.

Ecology

Migrating Birds Prefer to Eat Local New England Cuisine

December 13, 2019

Greta Thunberg talks at protest outside the United Nations surrounded by other climate change protesters holding signs.

Climate Change

How to Deal with Climate Skeptics at Thanksgiving Dinner

November 22, 2019

Selfie of Boston University student Allie Cole aboard the scientific vessel Robert C. Seamans in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area.

Field Report

What’s It Like to Sample Sea Life in the Remote Pacific?

October 17, 2019

Archaeologist John "Mac" Marston holds a vile of ancient seeds found at an archaeological dig.

Environmental Archaeology

What Can We Learn from an Ancient Pea?

October 7, 2019

Mosquito-borne illness

Here’s Everything We Know about the Lethal Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus

September 3, 2019

sperm and egg

BIRTH CONTROL

Why We Need a Contraception Revolution

August 1, 2019

Portrait of R.S. Deese standing on a beach.

Government & Law

To Fight Climate Change, Strengthen Global Democracy

July 22, 2019

Climate Change

As Climate Warms, Increased Energy Needs to Power Air-Conditioning Could Make a Bad Situation Worse

July 22, 2019

As Climate Warms, Increased Energy Needs to Power Air-Conditioning Could Make a Bad Situation Worse