Environment & Ecology

Environment & Ecology

Boston’s Native Bees Are Under Threat. A BU Student Researcher Wants to Help Protect Them

Biology undergraduate Matteo Finnerty's findings at the Arnold Arboretum could inform bumble-bee-friendly plantings

Computer Science

Is AI Slowing Climate Progress? It’s Complicated

Two BU experts studying grid solutions and sustainable energy transitions say that tech companies racing […]

Environment & Ecology

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

Over a decade of data demonstrate that in a warming climate, less snowpack in New […]

Biology

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

Maria Abate and her students are working with the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) […]

Biology

Protecting Maine’s Coastal Heritage—and Her Own

Student researcher and daughter of a lobsterman Sierra Koerber-Marx (CAS’26) dives to help save sugar […]

Accolades

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

Using student-designed, low-cost sensors, the team hopes to help improve classroom air quality

Environment & Ecology

Do Forest Carbon Credits Work and Actually Help the Environment?

BU environmental ecologist and alum scientist team up for study of forest carbon credits and […]

Accolades

Brink Bites: Tracking Endangered Frogs, Why Concentration Wanders, Studying Kids’ Beliefs

Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including an AI system for detecting […]