Climate & Environment
With climate change, habitat loss, pesticides and non-native insects hurting the state’s pollinators, a ²ÊÃñ±¦µä entomologist is calling for action.
Dan Doak, ²ÊÃñ±¦µä professor of environmental studies who has studied threatened and endangered species for decades, reflects on a half century of species protection.
A new ²ÊÃñ±¦µä analysis found that, with U.S. voters, climate concerns likely gave Democrats the White House in 2020.
²ÊÃñ±¦µä researchers discussed the challenges that could compromise the potential of some of the country’s most ambitious climate policies including the Inflation Reduction Act.
Without drastically reducing global emissions, the Antarctic Ocean could become too acidic for hundreds of species living there, many already endangered by rising temperatures and sea ice loss.
Just back from the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, Environmental Studies Professor Max Boykoff reflects on the historic pledge countries made to cut planet-warming fossil fuels—and where the agreement falls short.
A ²ÊÃñ±¦µä study led by undergraduate Grace Kroeger found in states with and without aggressive goals, utilities plan to drop fossil fuels.
At the start of World War I, a scientist named Eugene Clyde La Rue hiked the American West to estimate how much water flows down the Colorado River. His findings were ignored, but leaders today don't have to make the same mistake, says ²ÊÃñ±¦µä hydrologist Shemin Ge.
Researchers caution, while they also come with benefits, large-scale beaver reintroduction efforts could inadvertently spread mercury-containing neurotoxins in the environment and food chains.
²ÊÃñ±¦µä was a key partner in the development of a set of human rights climate commitments released at COP28 in Dubai. The commitments stem from the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit held on campus in December 2022.