2017

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...

The inaugural joint PKU and Harvard Graduate Summer Program took place in Beijing China this summer (July 31- August 4, 2017)! The program was made possible with support from the Harvard Global Institute and covered topics in Climate Dynamics, Atmopheric...

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...

Faculty across disciplines react to withdrawal from climate accord By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer Though other nations appear to be standing firm on their climate commitments, and U.S. states, cities, and business leaders have reaffirmed pledges to...

New framework accounts for conflicting estimates of global temperature increases By Leah Burrows, SEAS Communications Harvard University researchers have resolved a conflict in estimates of how much the Earth will warm in response to a doubling of carbon...

MBA students participating in Harvard Business School’s Climate Change Challenge offer ideas on how companies can negate impacts from a changing environment. by Carmen Nobel Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new...