Christoph Nolte publishes a Conservation Letter for The Society of Conservation Biology
Christoph Nolte, along with Alta De Vos and Oliver Schöttker published a conservation letter called “Cost-effectiveness of public policy for the long-term conservation of private lands: What is the deal?” Read more about it here
Three Earth & Environment Professors Recognized as Highly Cited Researchers 2019
The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Science Group has recognized Profs. Myneni (Geosciences and Environment & Ecology), Friedl (Cross Field) and Woodcock (Geosciences) as Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) in 2019 based on citations to their peer-reviewed articles during the period 2008 to 2018. The HCR recognition is based on researcher’s authorship of papers […]
PhD Student Chi Chen and Professor Myneni’s work on Cover of Bild der Wissenschaft Magazine
The year 2019 science highlights in the December issue of popular science magazine in Germany (Bild der Wissenschaft) features on its cover the work of PhD student Chi Chen and Prof. Myneni under the title “Die Welt Ergrünt” (The World is Green). The article can be found here
Lucy Hutyra & Dan Li’s project funded by NSF
Dr. Lucy Hutyra and Dr. Dan Li received a PREEVENTS project funded by NSF on urban heat waves. PREEVENTS is the Prediction of and Resilience against Extreme Events program. Dr. Li and Dr. Hutyra are the principal investigators of PREEVENTS Track 2: Land-atmosphere feedbacks over urban terrain under heat waves. Read more about the project […]
Sergio Fagherazzi gets a press release from NBC
Dr. Sergio Fagherazzi likens Venice to a “canary in a coalmine,” in NBC’s article profiling the recent flooding in the iconic city, and the implications of world-wide rising sea levels for coastal towns. “During the normal tides, only a few parts of Venice go underwater,” Fagherazzi said. “Now, because sea levels are higher and higher, […]
Pontus Olofsson publishes paper in Remote Sensing of Environment
The paper addresses issues that have been encountered when reporting within international frameworks aimed climate change mitigation by reducing deforestation and forest degradation. The paper was written together with colleagues from the World Bank, IPCC and United Nations, and Paulo Arevalo at Boston University. Olofsson, P., Arevalo, P. Espejo, A. B., Green., C., Lindquist, E., McRoberts, […]
Kathryn Wheeler and Michael Dietze publish a paper in Remote Sensing
Kathryn Wheeler recently published a paper with her advisor, Michael Dietze. Read the paper here: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/21/2507
Rick Reibstein and Josh Taylor interviewed by WGBH
In 2018 students of the class “Research for Environmental Agencies and Organizations” wrote to every municipality in Massachusetts to find out what actions were being taken to address the problem of lead in water. Today, Junior Josh Taylor and Lecturer Richard Reibstein were interviewed by WGBH reporter Craig LeMoult on what this project revealed and […]
Pontus Olofsson is awarded a second NASA grant during Fall 2019
Pontus Olofsson has been awarded a research grant from NASA SERVIR. SERVIR is a joint venture between NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to help improve environmental decision-making in developing countries. The three-year grant will allow Olofsson to work with the SERVIR West Africa Hub to enhance remote sensing capacity in […]
Students in Research Class Present at the Massachusetts Green Careers Conference
At the Massachusetts Department of Fisheries and Wildlife in Westborough, MA, on September 20, Alana Danison and Madeleine Mattson participated in Rick Reibstein’s presentation on the projects students have been doing in his class Research for Environmental Agencies and Organizations (GE 532 and 534). The projects have included work on lead poisoning prevention, water quality […]