No 'Silver Lining' for the Climate April 21, 2020 HLS Professor Jody Freeman reflects on the state of US climate change regulation and the impacts of COVID-19... Read more about No 'Silver Lining' for the Climate
Introducing the 2020-2022 Environmental Fellows April 9, 2020 HUCE announces new cohort of postdoctoral researchers... Read more about Introducing the 2020-2022 Environmental Fellows
Deforestation Damages Even the Rainforests That Survive It April 1, 2020 New study by HUCE Environmental Fellow Elsa Ordway and co-author Greg Asner of ASU mapped and measured "edge effects" on rainforests... Read more about Deforestation Damages Even the Rainforests That Survive It
Former Energy Secretary, Deputy Discuss Nuclear Energy and Climate March 3, 2020 The real trade-offs attached to going green with nuclear energy... Read more about Former Energy Secretary, Deputy Discuss Nuclear Energy and Climate
Food That's Better for All of Us and the Planet February 20, 2020 Summit looks at production, health, sustainability, and social justice... Read more about Food That's Better for All of Us and the Planet
Feel That Clean Air and Voting Are Human Rights? It's Partly on You February 19, 2020 New book calls for the embrace of an 'ethics of responsibility' to solve social, economic, and political problems... Read more about Feel That Clean Air and Voting Are Human Rights? It's Partly on You
Finding New Land-Management Lessons in Old Ways January 20, 2020 Historical view reshapes beliefs about what was done before and after European colonization... Read more about Finding New Land-Management Lessons in Old Ways
What Weighed on Us in 2019? 'Climate Emergency' December 23, 2019 Harvard faculty members consider the Oxford Dictionary's 'word of the year'... Read more about What Weighed on Us in 2019? 'Climate Emergency'
Studying Up a Storm December 9, 2019 New course uses hands-on labs to explain cloudy concepts in atmospheric physics... Read more about Studying Up a Storm
Chinese Botanists Hit Trail with Arboretum November 20, 2019 Inaugural expedition marks historic collaboration... Read more about Chinese Botanists Hit Trail with Arboretum
Switching to Renewable Energy Could Save Thousands of Lives in Africa November 18, 2019 SEAS researchers estimate future death toll from fossil fuel emission... Read more about Switching to Renewable Energy Could Save Thousands of Lives in Africa
Toll of Climate Change on Workers November 4, 2019 Harvard economist says rise in number of very hot days will cut productivity and hike health risks, especially for many in blue-collar jobs... Read more about Toll of Climate Change on Workers
Defending Science in a Post-fact Era October 22, 2019 Naomi Oreskes' latest book lays out an argument for why the process of proof is worth trusting... Read more about Defending Science in a Post-fact Era
Red Flags Rise on Global Warming and the Seas October 2, 2019 Former Obama science adviser and HUCE associate says somber intergrovernmental panel report may understate the urgency... Read more about Red Flags Rise on Global Warming and the Seas
Harvard's Mitrovica Awarded MacArthur 'Genius Grant' September 25, 2019 Geophysics professor honored for work on sea-level change patterns... Read more about Harvard's Mitrovica Awarded MacArthur 'Genius Grant'
Solve Ocean's Troubles and Climate Change Too? September 20, 2019 Panel discussion hosted by HUCE honoring James McCarthy brings experts and innovative ideas to campus... Read more about Solve Ocean's Troubles and Climate Change Too?
Want to Avoid Climate-Related Disasters? Try Moving August 23, 2019 A recent study by former Environmental Fellow A.R. Siders makes the case for 'managed retreat' from areas prone to flooding and storms... Read more about Want to Avoid Climate-Related Disasters? Try Moving
A Red Oak Live Tweets Climate Change August 13, 2019 Tree in Harvard Forest outfitted with sensors, cameras, and other digital equipment sends out on-the-ground coverage... Read more about A Red Oak Live Tweets Climate Change
Climate Change is Sapping Nutrients from Our Food — and It Could Become a Global Crisis August 8, 2019 Feeding a planet inhabited by 10 billion people by mid-century — already a daunting task — is getting harder due to a little-known impact of global warming: the decline of essential nutrients in the world’s staple foods that exist in almost every single person’s diet around the world.... Read more about Climate Change is Sapping Nutrients from Our Food — and It Could Become a Global Crisis
Climate Change Likely to Increase Human Exposure to Toxic Methylmercury August 7, 2019 Environmental factors, such as rising sea temperatures, impact levels of mercury in fish... Read more about Climate Change Likely to Increase Human Exposure to Toxic Methylmercury