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Climate Change

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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

Umbrellas add a touch of color to a dreary Thursday, as Terriers wend their way past the Kilachand Center for Life Sciences & Engineering. Rain dumped nearly an inch on Boston, and Friday is expected to be much cooler, with a high of only 60. Could be fall has arrived. September 22 photo by Cydney Scott. Students walk in front of a large modern building with umbrellas in rainy weather

LOCAL WEATHER

We’ve Had 12 Consecutive Weekends of Rain. What’s Up with That?

June 4, 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

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Infectious Diseases

Tick-Borne Diseases Risk Increasing Due to Climate Change: What You Need to Know

May 14, 2025

Climate Misinformation

Native Ads Are Shaping Climate Opinions. BU Researchers Say There’s a Way to Resist

April 24, 2025

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Things-to-do

Earth Day at BU: Green Thumbs Welcome, Enthusiasm Encouraged

April 3, 2025

Photo: An exterior shot of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The building is peeking out of from a snowy mountain

History

Keeping Seeds Alive If the World as We Know It Ends

February 10, 2025

Awards

Why Do Urban Trees Grow Faster than Rural Ones?

January 29, 2025

Research News

Brink Bites: BMI Objections, Studying UFOs, and Alcohol’s Impact on College Students

January 24, 2025

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Climate Change

Can Gold Reserves Help Pay for Climate Disaster Recovery?

January 22, 2025

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Deep Sea

See the First Detailed Illustration of an Ancient Deep-Sea Mountain

January 17, 2025

Photo: Task Force 7, a search and rescue team from Sacramento, Calif., search for remains in the rubble of a destroyed home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles

Environment

How and Why the LA Wildfires Grew So Fast—and Lessons for the Future

January 16, 2025

Photo: A person with a hose attempts to snuff out a steady fire in a bush.

LA WILDFIRES

LA Wildfires Touch Lives of BU Students, Staff, Instructors, Alums

January 14, 2025

Photo: Flames and smoke flooding the Boxford State Forest during a brush fire as a firefighter uses a chainsaw to cut up and clear a tree

Ecological Forecasting

Can Ecological Forecasting Help Us Predict Wildfires?

December 10, 2024

Photo: Emma Daily (GRS’28) spoke at a side event at the COP 29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November. Photo by Jianwei Li

Science & Technology

BU Students Find Hope at COP29 UN Climate Summit

December 5, 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

Fall foliage at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA. Photo via Unsplash/ana_essentiels

Fall

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

September 18, 2024

Photo: A composite image of the scene of a wildfire raging in California next to a photo from the aftermath of a flood in Connecticut.

Awards

BU Team Wins Major National Science Foundation Grant to Help PhD Students Attack Climate Change

August 22, 2024

BU Team Wins Major National Science Foundation Grant to Help PhD Students Attack Climate Change