Christoph Nolte publishes on land protection and forest development
Assistant Professor Christoph Nolte has published “Voluntary, permanent land protection reduces forest loss and development in a rural‐urban landscape” in the journal Conservation Letters. “Voluntary, permanent land protection is a key conservation process in many countries,” write Nolte and his colleagues, who “find that land acquisitions and conservation restrictions implemented by state, local, and nongovernmental […]
Students conduct legislative briefing on lead poisoning bill
Makenzie Palladino and Clark Edwards, both Environmental Analysis & Policy majors and students in GE 532 (Research for Environmental Agencies & Organizations), gave a presentation on April 11 at the Massachusetts State House on S.955/H.1491, An Act to Enhance Justice for Families Harmed by Lead, in the House Members meeting room. They were introduced by […]
Ian Smith wins NSF Grad Research Fellowship
Ian Smith, a Visiting Fellow and incoming PhD student, has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The NSF GRF Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based degrees at accredited U.S. institutions. Ian’s research focuses on the impacts of landscape fragmentation and […]
Dan Li publishes on heat islands and evaporation capability
Assistant Professor Dan Li has published “Urban heat island: Aerodynamics or imperviousness?” in Science Advances. Professor Li and his colleagues note that more than half of the world’s population now live in cities, which are known to be heat islands. While daytime urban heat islands (UHIs) are traditionally thought to be the consequence of less […]
BU students and faculty present at Sustainable Communities & Campuses Conference
On March 29, three BU students presented at the ninth annual Sustainable Communities & Campuses Conference, with the theme, “Shaping the Future of Sustainability,” held in Harvard Square. Josh Taylor explained how students in Rick Reibstein’s course Research for Environmental Agencies & Organizations (GE 532) surveyed Massachusetts communities to find out what they are doing […]
Emily Chua writes about sailing the high seas with robots
PhD candidate Emily Chua has just published “Sailing the Seven Seas with Argo” in a blog for oceanbites. “Argo is a fleet of nearly 4,000 robotic floats which prowl the upper (<1 kilometer depth) ocean, collecting information on the physical state of the ocean,” Chua notes, adding that much of the world’s oceans remain unsampled […]
Cutler Cleveland to present carbon neutrality report
Professor Cutler Cleveland, the principal investigator for Carbon Free Boston, will deliver findings by the initiative, commissioned by the Boston Green Ribbon Commission. The report will identify for the first time specific strategies for the City of Boston to meet its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. The report was undertaken at the request of […]
GE 532 students present analysis of Mystic River contamination
On March 28, students in Research for Environmental Agencies and Organizations (GE 532) presented their analysis of chemical storage and contaminated site vulnerability to climate change to representatives of the Mystic River Watershed Association, the Sustainable Remediation Forum, EcoAdapt, and the engineering consulting firms Fuss & O’Neill and Woodward and Curran. The students also presented […]
Christoph Nolte publishes on ties between conservation and economic growth
Assistant Professor Christoph Nolte has contributed to “Assessing the local economic impacts of land protection,” just published in the journal Conservation Biology. The study explores the link between increases in land protection and employment. “Employment gains were modest but significant across the region, and the effect was amplified in more rural areas,” says Kate Sims, […]
Emily Chua and Claudia Mazur receive Warren-McLeod Fellowships
PhD students Emily Chua and Claudia Mazur have been awarded Warren-McLeod Fellowships for their marine science work. Chua will use her year-long award to help develop an underwater instrument to investigate biogeochemical processes occurring in marine sediments. Mazur will use her summer grant to study nitrogen cycling in coastal marine sediments. The Warren-McLeod Graduate Fellowship in Marine […]