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Earth & Environment

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City Trees

Living in a City Can Impact a Tree’s Health—BU Researchers Aim to Figure Out Why

October 30, 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

Marine Biology

Protecting Maine’s Coastal Heritage—and Her Own

June 10, 2025

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Campus Climate Lab

BU Students Win Janetos Climate Action Prize for Uncovering Air Quality Gaps Between Old and New Campus Buildings

May 22, 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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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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Fall

Boston’s Rain-Free Month May Mean Fall Foliage Will Come Early This Year

September 18, 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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Air Quality

Air Quality Sensors Could Be Coming to a Bicycle Near You

June 4, 2024

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Climate Conference

Can the World Find Agreement on Fighting Climate Change?

December 11, 2023

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2023 in Review

Best of The Brink 2023: 10 Life-Changing Inventions, Amazing Discoveries, and Surprising Findings from BU Researchers

December 11, 2023

Collage: (From left to right, top down) Photo: Philadelphia Eagles' C.J. Gardner-Johnson catches a pass during practice at the NFL football team's training facility, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in Philadelphia. A Black man wearing a dark green and white Eagles' football uniform and helmet catches a football in his hands, Photo: A flatlay of the iLet Bionic Pancreas, a bionic pancreas approved at the FDA. The device is a black box with a wire attached with two additional attachments, Photo: An unidentified person standing in a generic store pharmacy holds over the counter medicine in the aisle as they try to make a decision, and Photo: A white hands holds up a petri dish holding the yeast candida auris in a laboratory. a Petri dish with speckles of white dots/fungi is shown.

2023 IN REVIEW

What Were BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories in 2023?

December 11, 2023

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Expert Take

US Forest Service’s Dangerous Carbon Disposal Plan Would Foul Our National Forests

December 7, 2023

US Forest Service’s Dangerous Carbon Disposal Plan Would Foul Our National Forests

Expert Take

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