Planetary & Environmental Health

Climate change, extreme heat, air pollution, and disparities in access to energy innovations pose significant challenges to both planetary health and our own well-being. IGS researchers are at the forefront of addressing these pressing issues.

Major Research Projects

Thermometer reading 100 degrees fahrenheit with highway and cars in background.

B-COOL Heat Temperature Sensor Project Releases Key Takeaways from 2024 Pilot Study

Partnership between A Better City, The Boston Foundation, Boston University School of Public Health, and City of Boston measures extreme heat differences in Boston’s hotspot communities for data-driven resource allocation.

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Spotlight on Faculty Research

3/15/2025

A High Resolution Multipollutant Assessment of Health Damages due to the Onroad Sector in Boston, Massachusetts

Science of the Total Environment

3/6/2025

Estimating Air Exchange Rates in Thousands of Elementary School Classrooms Using Commercial CO2 Sensors and Machine Learning

Indoor Environments

2/8/2025

Foliar Resorption of Beech and Maple Along an Elevation Gradient in a Northern Hardwood Forest

Forest Ecosystems

1/19/2025

Tracing the 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami’s Impact on Palu, Indonesia: A Remote Sensing Analysis

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

1/13/2025

Indoor Air Quality in Multi-Family Housing: Drivers and Interventions

Current Environmental Health Reports

1/1/2025

A Call for Strategic Assessments of Regional Applications of Solar Radiation Management: Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities from Marine Cloud Brightening and Albedo Surface Modification

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Woman and daughter standing in front of smokestacks

1/1/2025

Federal Policy Platforms and Public Health: Reinforcing the Benefits of Air Pollution Control Devices at Power Plants in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

12/11/2024

Emergency Department Visits in California Associated With Wildfire PM2.5: Differing Risk Across Individuals and Communities

Environmental Research Health

Jonathan Buoncocare gives a presentation on energy systems and health.

Mapping Community Exposure to Energy Infrastructure

Power & People Symposium presents insights from a first-of-its-kind database for healthy and just energy transitions.