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Community members consult with paper co-authors in Janaury 2020 on land use changes and emergent hazards in Dolakha, Nepal.
September 13, 2021
Urbanization trends in the Himalaya are exposing more people to risk from compound hazards such as flooding, landslides and wildfires, a new study published in the journal...
September 1, 2021
Bercovici, co-director of Yale’s Center for Natural Carbon Capture, joins guests to describe opportunities for capturing greenhouse gas emissions with geologic and...
Amazon River
August 20, 2021
The presence of mercury in the world’s oceans has ramifications for human health and wildlife, especially in coastal areas where the majority of fishing takes place. But...
August 20, 2021
By Geoffrey Giller  Buildings in the U.S. are responsible for 40% of the country’s total energy consumption. By improving the energy efficiency of new and existing buildings...
August 9, 2021
By Vestal McIntyre Indian states are deploying a new policy tool that shows potential to reduce their high air-pollution levels, which are estimated to have caused nearly 1.7...
Green recovery from Covid-19 explained
July 30, 2021
Climate and health experts Dr. Laura Bozzi and Dr. Narasimha Rao break down what it means to “build back better” from the pandemic.  What are the compounding crises that we...
Pacific ocean and beach
July 29, 2021
By Jim Shelton  A new Yale study suggests that aerosols in the atmosphere may be temporarily holding down ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific. The findings,...