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Climate Change

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MacArthur Fellowship

BU Ecologist Lucy Hutyra Wins a 2023 MacArthur “Genius Grant”

October 4, 2023

Photo: Group photo of Assistant Professor of Biology, Sarah Davies (center) and PhD student, Maria Valadex Ingersoll (CAS 23) and Dr Hannah Aichelman (right) (CAS 23). The three women pose in a lab as Davies holds up a sample of bleached coral and another sample of algae rests on the lab tables in front of Ingersoll.

Coral Reefs

For Coral Reefs, Temperature Is Everything—Is It Too Late to Save Them?

September 26, 2023

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Forest Edges

Cutting Up Forests Disrupts an Essential Bond between Trees and Fungi

September 12, 2023

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QUESTROM

BU Dual Master’s Program Aims to Produce Graduates Versed in Environmental Science—and the Economics of Climate Change

September 11, 2023

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Innovation

Questrom Student Creates Stuffed Animals and Books to Teach Kids about Sustainability

September 8, 2023

Photo: Youth plaintiffs in the climate change lawsuit, Held vs. Montana, arrive at the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse, on June 20, 2023, in Helena, Montana. A group of young people wearing business casual wear smile and cheer as they walk towards a courtroom building.

Student Voices

POV: Montana Youths Sued State over Climate Change—and Won a Landmark Decision for All Young People

August 24, 2023

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Journalism & Media

Maui Wildfires Reunite Two BU Journalism Alums in the Field

August 22, 2023

Photo: STH professor Rebecca Copeland poses for a photo on a bright green lawn. A white woman wearing glasses, a white blouse, black cardigan, and long beaded necklace, stands with hands placed in front of her. Foreground leaves frame her and an old church-like building is shown in the blurred background.

Climate Change

What Can the Bible Teach Us about Fighting Climate Change?

August 15, 2023

Photo: The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street. A large pyramid-shaped building and surrounding palm trees and land are shown engulfed in flames. Large flames are seen in the background as the sky looms red and black.

Maui Wildfires

Maui Native Helps Others amid Devastating Wildfires

August 11, 2023

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Books

Imagining a Postapocalyptic World Ravaged by Climate Change

August 8, 2023

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Global Debt Crisis

What Is the Sovereign Debt Crisis and Can We Solve It?

August 7, 2023

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Climate Change

COM Student’s UROP Climate Project Lands Her a Trip to Washington

August 2, 2023

Photo: a woman walks with her dogs at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Mass., where a boogie boarder was bitten by a shark in 2018 and later died of his injuries. Recent shark bites in Florida and Hawaii and a suspected case in New Jersey have peaked interest in the age-old summer question of whether it's safe to go in the water. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Swimming

Sharks, Bacteria, No Lifeguards: Is This the End of Swimming in New England?

August 1, 2023

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Infectious Diseases

Should We Be Worried about a Malaria Outbreak in the US?

July 17, 2023

Photo: A group of people pose in font of a building with glass doors. Pictured (from left): Saylor Williams, Manpreet Singh (GRS’24), Gloria Waters, Rebecca Pearl-Martinez, Golden (CAMED’27); Angie Serrano, a BU medical school assistant professor of vascular biology; Dennis Carlberg, and Greg Miller.

Sustainability

How to Make Research Labs More Sustainable

June 20, 2023

Photo: College of Engineering professors (from left) Rabia Yazicigil, a white woman with short curly hair and wearing a black blouse, oversized blue blazer, and black pants, Mo Khalil, A tan man wearing glasses, brown sweater, and black pants, and Doug Densmore, a light-skinned Black man wearing a long sleeve collared grey shirt and black pants in a lab. Yazicigil and Mo Khalil look to Densmore as he talks and gesticulates.

Biomanufacturing

Turning Trash into Medicines, Machine Oils, Cosmetics, and More

June 15, 2023

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Wildfires

The Impact of Wildfires on Climate Change and Air Quality

June 8, 2023

Photo: Gina Fiandaca, a white woman wearing a black shirt and light blue blazer, is shown looking at various screens of video footage of various MBTA stations.

Transportation

Gina Fiandaca Commuted to BU on the MBTA. Now, Her Job Is to Fix It

June 6, 2023

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Climate and Health

Human Health Is Suffering Because of Climate Change

May 31, 2023

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Listen Now

Today I Learned: Boston’s topography was shaped by glaciers more than 20,000 years ago

May 30, 2023

Today I Learned: Boston’s topography was shaped by glaciers more than 20,000 years ago