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Solving the mystery of the Arctic’s green ice

March 29, 2017

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...

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

March 15, 2017

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...

A perfect storm of fire and ice may have led to snowball Earth

March 13, 2017

Explaining a "once-in-a-billion-year event" By Leah Burrows What caused the largest glaciation event in Earth’s history, known as ‘snowball Earth’? Geologists and climate scientists have been searching for the answer for years but the root cause of the...

7 projects win funding for climate change solutions

March 06, 2017

Harvard grant program provides $1 million across a range of academic boundaries Seven research projects led by scientists, historians, economists, and public health experts from five Harvard Schools will share about $1 million in the third round of grants...

For better health, reduce greenhouse gases

February 24, 2017

Climate change affects health ‘across the board’ says Chan School director Harvard Chan School Communications In a new podcast series, “Harvard Chan: This Week in Health,” the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health brings you top health headlines —...

No cookie-cutter fixes on air pollution

February 09, 2017

Nobelist who identified cause of ozone hole says world’s megacities require solutions that fit their circumstances By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer ANobel Prize-winning chemist who identified the cause of the atmospheric ozone hole has called for new...

The climate change threat to food

December 14, 2016

Shifts can affect agriculture, farming in many ways globally, panel says. By Maureen Brown, Harvard Correspondent The effects of climate change may be producing a domino effect worldwide, and one area of increasing concern involves food. Four experts...

Curbing carbon on campus

December 08, 2016

Harvard achieves science-based climate goal set in 2008By Colin Durrant, Harvard Correspondent The wells that plunge 1,500 feet under Radcliffe Yard are out of sight to those walking over them. But to the facilities team there, they are well known as...

Global concerns on climate change

November 16, 2016

Harvard experts gather to discuss urgency, complexity of growing problemBy Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer Is it possible that the cascading effects of climate change left a fingerprint on the recent U.S. elections? That possibility was floated at a...

What’s next for climate change policy

November 15, 2016

A Trump administration can do plenty to undercut Obama’s efforts, but it could compromise too, Harvard analysts sayBy Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer Regulations to fight climate change likely will be casualties of the incoming Trump administration...

Fleeing climate change

November 08, 2016

University of Alaska scholar describes a coming crisis of displacement By Liz Mineo, Harvard Staff Writer In one of the most dreaded science-fiction scenarios, entire communities are forced to abandon their homes because rising sea levels, droughts, and...

Melting ice, changing world

November 01, 2016

Symposium spotlights the oceans and the unfolding effects of their warmingBy Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer In August, the luxury liner Crystal Serenity took 1,500 passengers and crew on what was once a perilous and often impossible voyage: through...