climate change
(Kai Boggild/imaggeo.egu.eu/CC BY 3.0)
Northwestern University
Comer Conference geoscience and climate science graduate students investigate the effect of climate change from ancient life forms to theoretical models.
Researchers from Pennsylvania State Ice and Climate Exploration Research Center and affiliated collaborators in Iceland. (Byron Parizek)
Northwestern University
A team of researchers from Penn State traveled to Iceland last year to study the impacts of climate change on glacial melt.
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SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
This podcast discusses how young people can get involved in environmental sustainability efforts earlier in their lives and how education systems should be altered in order to allow for and promote environmental learning.
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SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
How can fungi play an important role in mitigating climate change? In this podcast, I talk with two experts who discuss the different ways that fungi are often misunderstood and overlooked.
A pick-up truck drives through a flooded intersection during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. (Jill Carlson/Attribution 2.0 Generic)
The George Washington University
I used to celebrate flash floods as signals of sleeping in and days off from school. Now, I fear the next Hurricane Harvey.
Greenland's ice sheet is slowly melting. Several sought-after resources are becoming increasingly available as a result. (Mia Rosenblatt)
George Washington University
As the vast Greenland Ice Sheet melts, mining for heavy metals, withdrawals of sediment, and the use of Northern trade routes may expand.
A view of the Long Island Sound from my backyard. (Jane Cameron/George Washington University)
George Washington University
Hurricane-battered coastlines are disappearing due to the climate crisis. Without intervention, my community and the town I grew up in are threatened.
George Washington University
Will the taste of Pu'er tea, associated with memories of my family in China, remain the same despite the effects of climate change?
This is a photo taken by my uncle, Irfan Shahmiri. He is the founder of an organization called CHINAR International which provides humanitarian and disaster relief to Kashmiri families. (Irfan Shahmir)
George Washington University
The recent floods in Pakistan are personal to me because I know what it's like to have your homeland be devastated by a disaster. Here's why you should care too.
View from Hawk Mountain (Rachel Freed/George Washington University)
George Washington University
As climate change worsens and people migrate, seeking safety in higher elevations, Appalachia is expected to become a prime destination for thousands of Americans. How can this new community create a sustainable future?