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Earth

The Institute of Contemporary Art Watershed exterior

Arts & Culture

Learning about Climate Change at the ICA Watershed

May 28, 2019

satellite image of Boston, MA

Ecology

Orbiting NASA Instrument to Examine Boston’s Carbon Emissions, Plant Life

May 14, 2019

Solar panels in Venezuela

Research

Can Latin America Jump-start Our Clean Energy Future?

May 13, 2019

Students can drop their unwanted items—clothing, shoes, accessories, kitchenware, and knickknacks—in Goodwill donation bins across campus through May 16. Photo by BU Today.

Science & Technology

Moving Out? Don’t Throw Away Those Old Clothes

May 8, 2019

Max Bard standing next to Deborah Kahn

Earth

Using Our Junk, Sculptor Wins 2019 Kahn Award and $20,000 Prize

May 2, 2019

people milling about near the chowderfest booth

Safety

BU’s Annual Earth Day Festivals Kick Off Today on Medical Campus

April 18, 2019

Environmental Health

Are There Toxins Hiding in Your Sofa? Probably

March 20, 2019

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

Travel

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

Science & Technology

Historic, and Loud, Geothermal Drilling Gets Underway

February 27, 2019

Photo by Quinn Nietfeld on Unsplash

Recreation

POV: Grand Canyon Celebrates 100th Anniversary as a US National Park

February 26, 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

Portrait of Mike Wagner standing in front of his Mitsubishi Outland PHEV hybrid vehicle.

Sustainability

BU Carpenter: From Gas Guzzler to Green Machine

February 21, 2019

A plastic straw and bottle litter the ocean floor

Sustainability

Prodded by Students, BU Phases Out an Environmental Scourge: Plastic Straws

February 14, 2019

wind turbine

Climate Change

Eight Ways Boston Could Become Carbon Free

January 29, 2019

An SUV emits gas emissions

Politics

POV: It’s Time to Dethrone the SUV

January 28, 2019

A person celebrates new years eve wearing 2019 glasses

Public Health

Predictions for 2019 from BU Experts

January 22, 2019

Trees and snowline of a Northeastern Forest.

Climate Change

Warmer Winters Are Harming Northeast Forests

December 11, 2018

A diver reels in a line near a bleached colony of Boulder Star Coral at East Flower Garden Bank.

Marine Biology

Inside the Search for a Coral Killer

October 1, 2018

Firefighters battle flames leaping from a home after a series of gas explosions in Lawrence, Mass.

Faculty

Recent Massachusetts Explosions Can Happen in Any Gas System

September 25, 2018

Recent Massachusetts Explosions Can Happen in Any Gas System