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In Radcliffe talk, professor says science must join with social, policy evolution to create ‘a just transition’ By Clea Simon, the Harvard Gazette Even as climate change reaches new and terrifying levels, hope remains — but the time to act is now. That...

Effort will develop future leaders in struggle to address global warming By Colin Durrant, the Harvard Gazette Harvard has launched a Climate Leaders Program for Professional Students to help interested students engage across the University, mentor one...

Tree in Harvard Forest outfitted with sensors, cameras, and other digital equipment sends out on-the-ground coverage By Nate Herpich, The Harvard Gazette If a tree could talk, what might it say? Would it plead for rain in a drought? Fawn over a neighbor’s...

Landscape rehabilitator Handel proposes adapting pragmatically to sea-level rise An Analysts call it “the coastal squeeze,” but for plant and animal communities bordering urban and suburban seashores, another word could apply: extinction. Though the Earth...

Five undergraduate women spent the summer researching climate change, sustainability around world By Katie Hammer, Harvard Correspondent Climate change knows no borders. As temperatures and seas rise, ecosystems change, and extreme weather patterns affect...

New model explains blooms of phytoplankton growing under Arctic sea ice By Leah Burrows, SEAS Communications In 2011, researchers observed something that should be impossible — a massive bloom of phytoplankton growing under Arctic sea ice in conditions...

‘Digital agriculture’ touted in HUCE lecture By Al Powell, Harvard Staff Writer The next great agricultural revolution is likely to come from information, not new plant breeds or genetic tinkering, as digital technology and big data help farmers make...

Similarities to polar erosion spark call for closer look at region SEAS Communication Storms common to the Midwest in summer create the same ozone-damaging chemical reactions found in polar regions in winter, according to a new Harvard study. And with...

To aid the former, Naomi Klein says, government and business would have to change the latter, and likely won’t By Michelle Nicholasen, Weatherhead Center Communications When it comes to acting on climate change, there are two choices, author and activist...

Video project channels wide range of climate change knowledge at Harvard, Schrag says By Al Powell, Harvard Staff Writer We ignore the worst estimates of climate change — catastrophic warming topping 4 or 6 degrees Celsius — at our peril, says economist...