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"Sea Ice Stability and Early Warning Signals" Dr. Ian Eisenman (UC San Diego) Abstract: The retreat of Arctic sea ice is one of the most dramatic signals of recent climate change in the observational record. It involves an amplifying feedback associated...

7 projects win funding for climate change solutions

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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...

More eyes on climate change

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Season Spotter invites citizen-scientists to help with research By Peter Reuell, Harvard Staff Writer The options for how to spend your free time are almost endless, whether it’s working out at the gym, curling up with a good book, or relaxing in front of...

The Era of Climate Responsibility

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Expert says upcoming decades will require assessing risk, overseeing mitigation, managing adaptation By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer With climate change a settled a fact among the great majority of scientists, people are entering an era of “climate...

Curbing carbon on campus

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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...

Harvard creates Global Institute

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It makes first grant for climate and energy research involving China By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer A new, multidisciplinary, collaborative project to investigate climate change, energy security, and sustainable development in China has received...

Students Bring Fresh Perspective to Environmental Issues

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HUCE funding supports undergrads from across discipline By Amanda Beattie '17, Harvard Correspondent When Evan Sandhoefner ’17 was hired as a research assistant in December 2014, he wasn’t planning for it to turn into research and co-authorship of a paper...

To sample climate concerns, look at nature

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HUB week panel says recent past helps to show where action is needed, including in Boston By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer For those wondering what’s needed to face down coming climate-related disasters, the approach is simple, according to one...

Scholars greet Paris exit as multifaceted mistake

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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...

Sizing up climate change

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Harvard panelists trade ideas for meeting an increasingly daunting challenge By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer There is hope in global action to fight climate change, in the slow adoption of wind and solar power, in moves by the U.S. government to cut...

A blessing to slow climate change

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Papal encyclical will focus governmental, scientific, moral attention on issue, Harvard analysts say During his two years leading the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis has washed the feet of inmates, proposed larger roles for women in the church, and...

Political climate, changed

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China’s agreement to cut carbon emissions provides boost against global warming, Harvard analyst says By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a new commitment on Friday to adopt a cap-and-trade plan to cut carbon...