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Earth & Environment

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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

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Life Sciences

For 50 Years, BU’s Lawford Anderson Has Been Helping Students Unlock the Secrets of Earth’s Rocky Materials

April 25, 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

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Climate Change

How Is Climate Change Affecting New England?

March 12, 2025

Awards

Why Do Urban Trees Grow Faster than Rural Ones?

January 29, 2025

Seismic activity map. A 3.8 magnitude earthquake in Maine was felt throughout much of coastal New England—including at Boston University.

Earthquakes

Did Monday’s Earthquake Rattle You?

January 27, 2025

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Environment

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

January 16, 2025

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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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Student Life

BU Undergrad Helps Hurricane Victims as a Red Cross Volunteer

October 18, 2024

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Research News

Brink Bites: BU Research Beyond the Headlines

October 1, 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

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Tributes

LAW Alum Steven M. Wise, Who Fought for Animal Rights, Dies

August 7, 2024

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Aging and Climate

Feeling the Heat? Researchers Say Heat Waves Will Put More Older Adults in Danger

August 1, 2024

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Earth

Vermont Will Charge Big Oil for Past Climate Change. Should Massachusetts Follow?

July 12, 2024

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Air Quality

Air Quality Sensors Could Be Coming to a Bicycle Near You

June 4, 2024

Air Quality Sensors Could Be Coming to a Bicycle Near You