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Climate Change

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Journalism & Media

Communicating Climate Is the Focus of Inaugural Boston University Center for Media Innovation & Social Impact Summit

October 28, 2025

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Voices & Opinion

On Hurricane Katrina’s 20th Anniversary, BU Employee Who Volunteered in Storm’s Aftermath Recalls the Devastation—and Residents’ Resilience

August 26, 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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Infectious Diseases

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

May 14, 2025

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Things-to-do

Earth Day at BU: Green Thumbs Welcome, Enthusiasm Encouraged

April 3, 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: 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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Earth

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

July 12, 2024

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Things-to-do

BU’s Earth Day Celebrations

April 5, 2024

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Awards

Innovate@BU Awarded $15,000 to Students Who Came Up with Ways to Help Boston Face Climate Change

March 12, 2024

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Alumni

White House Welcomes Young BU Alum for Climate Change Talk

November 27, 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

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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Climate Change

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

August 2, 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

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Sustainability

Sustainability Seed Grants Will Fund Ideas Ranging from Textbook Lending to Eliminating Dental Supply Waste

April 24, 2023

Photo:Joshita Manohar (CAS’240, left, and Esther Gilbert (CAS’22) look through their poster options at the Happy Cactus gifts tents during BU’s annual Earth Day Festival not he GSU Plaza. A young South Asian woman wearing a tan jacket and a young Asian woman wearing a black jacket smile as they look through posters. Next to them, a large variety of green plants is displayed.

Earth Day Preview

How BU Honors Earth Day, Every Day

April 6, 2023

How BU Honors Earth Day, Every Day