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Climate Change

Many spring wildflowers, such as this bird’s-foot violet, are now leafing out and flowering one week earlier than they did 160 years ago. Photos by Richard B. Primack

Climate Change

Climate Change Throws Shade on Forest Wildflowers

March 20, 2019

two kids playing soccer on the beach

Culture

BU, Nicaragua Students, Peace Corps Work to Call Attention to Country’s Climate Change

March 19, 2019

The first new geothermal wells—each 1500 feet deep—have been drilled into the subterranean layers of the new BU Data Sciences Center. Courtesy of Chris Kenney

Earth

Historic, and Loud, Geothermal Drilling Gets Underway

February 27, 2019

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (CAS’11) (D-N.Y.) unveiled the Green New Deal earlier this month, a plan to decarbonize the economy within 10 years. Photo by Alex Edelman/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

Alumni

Student Environmentalists on Alum Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal: Yes, Please

February 22, 2019

Planting of local vegetables; Landscape of Guilin; Li River.Yangshuo County; Guilin City; Province; China.

Climate Change

Humans Are Officially Greening the Earth. Is That a Good Thing?

February 11, 2019

wind turbine

Climate Change

Eight Ways Boston Could Become Carbon Free

January 29, 2019

Thomas Zurbuchen, addressing a crowd gathered at BU’s Barristers Hall, talked about NASA’s current and future space missions. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Space Sciences

If Traveling to Space Was as Easy as Traveling to Paris

December 18, 2018

Trees and snowline of a Northeastern Forest.

Climate Change

Warmer Winters Are Harming Northeast Forests

December 11, 2018

wind farm

Sustainability

University Announces Massive Wind Power Purchase

September 18, 2018

Religion

Christianity Can Be Good for the Environment

June 14, 2018

John Kerry

Sustainability

Fixing Climate Change Is Good Business, Whatever President Trump Says

June 11, 2018

Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy speaks at the Boston University School of Public Health symposium on climate change

Climate Change

SPH Hosts Climate Change Symposium

April 24, 2018

Biology

Lobsters on the Line

March 26, 2018

Portrait of Boston University faculty Pamela Templer, Lucy Hutyra, and Jonathan Levy

Biology

BU Scientists Get $3 Million NSF Research Traineeship Grant

December 20, 2017

Harvard Forest in Petersham, Mass., is a more than 3,700-acre ecological research area where scientists have been carrying out experiments since 1907.

Climate Change

CAS Researchers Working to Predict Future Climate Change

December 14, 2017

Diane Thompson extracting a core from a live Porites coral colony at Kiritimati in 2012.

Geosciences

Winds of Change

December 11, 2017

University News

BU Trustees Approve Aggressive Climate Action Plan

December 8, 2017

Boston University skyline

Science & Technology

POV: How BOLD Is BU?

December 5, 2017

ACES CO2 map visualizing carbon dioxide CO2 emissions in Rhode Island

Climate Change

CAS Scientists Develop ACES to Monitor Greenhouse-Gas Emissions

December 4, 2017

M/V Shear Water

Environment & Ecology

Hurricane Irma Wreaked Havoc Under the Sea, Too

November 30, 2017

Hurricane Irma Wreaked Havoc Under the Sea, Too