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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 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...

To tackle climate change, share burden — and benefits

January 30, 2019

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...

Students take the lead on new climate program

September 04, 2018

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...

Transforming the ‘coastal squeeze’ from climate change

March 02, 2018

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...

Students aiding the environment

September 15, 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...

Peking University and Harvard University Graduate Summer School: "Climate, Weather, Pollution & Health Consequences"

August 07, 2017

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...

Reconciling predictions of climate change

July 05, 2017

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...

Scholars greet Paris exit as multifaceted mistake

June 13, 2017

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...

Midwest summer storms threaten ozone, study warns

June 08, 2017

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...

Five-minute warnings

April 24, 2017

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...

Pick climate or economics

April 21, 2017

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...

Bringing big data to the farm

April 07, 2017

‘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...