Earth & Environment
![New Bedford Harbor](/files/2017/03/t_research-iStock-525486448.jpg)
Environmental Health
New Bedford Harbor Identified as Major Source of Airborne PCBs
![Photo of Lucy Hutyra and Andrew Reinmann in the forest](/files/2016/12/h_butoday_16-10564-TREES-082-300x200.jpg)
Climate Change
Good News and Bad News about Forest Fragmentation
![Juan Carlos Sanchez uses his shoes to paddle a kayak on a flooded street near Collins Ave.](/files/2016/12/h_research_AP_402158311311.jpg-636x425.jpg)
Environmental Health
Pruitt Appointment Bodes Ill for EPA
![Photo of students walking on campus during a snow storm](/files/2016/12/h_research_13-6327-SNOW-1801-300x200.jpg)
Climate Change
Climate Change Skepticism May Hinge on Personal Experience
![Slash and burn deforestation in Colombia](/files/2016/11/t_research_1524189000_52d28226cf_o-300x200.png)
Remote sensing
Satellite Images Map Deforestation
![Research Assistant Professor of Engineering Jillian Goldfarb (ME, MSE)](/files/2016/10/v_research_Arrows__0601__09-15-15-Edit-509x636-509x636.jpg)
Accolades
Goldfarb Receives Fulbright Award
![Eliandro Tavares (CGS’16, CAS’18) measures the diameter of a tree](/files/2016/09/h_research_16-10110-DIEZTE-0191-300x200.jpg)
Climate Change
Studying Climate Change One Tree at a Time
![Author and Science Writer David Quammen](/files/2016/09/h_research_david-quammen-300x200.png)
Communications
David Quammen to Speak at NEIDL Symposium Sunday
![View of distant rain storm and storm clouds](/files/2016/08/h_research_iStock_61788690_XLARGE-636x425.jpg)
Geosciences
When Earth Speaks to Sky
![Robert Kaufman, professor of of earth and environment in Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences, with rooftop solar panels at Boston University](/files/2016/06/t_research_16-9939-SOLARPANEL-116-300x200.jpg)
Environment & Ecology
Solar Power Saves Everyone Money
![Richard Primack at Walden Pond](/files/2016/06/t_reserach_PrimackWaldenLowWater-300x200.jpg)
Earth & Environment
Tracing Water Levels at Walden Pond
![Anthony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University](/files/2016/06/h_research_15-8640-ASCSRITWO-008-636x425.jpg)
Earth & Environment
Janetos to Chair NSF Advisory Committee on Environmental R&E
![Margaret Hendrick, PhD candidate in Boston University Department of Earth & Environment](/files/2016/04/t_research_16-9938-GASLEAK-012-636x425.jpg)
Earth & Environment
Survey Gives Clearer View of Risky Leaks From Gas Mains
![Peter Fox-Penner](/files/2016/03/h_research_Fox-Penner_131-300x200.jpg)
Earth & Environment
Questrom Welcomes Renowned Sustainability Expert
![Autumn Foliage](/files/2015/11/h_research_autumn-1005442_1920-636x425.jpg)
Climate Change
What Autumn Leaf Fall Reveals About Global Warming
![Mark 28 Hydrogen Bombs recovered from Palomares, Spain. Photo by Kelly Michals](/files/2015/10/t_research_7190195669_af371781b5_o-636x425.jpg)
Earth & Environment
The Bombs of Palomares
![Boston Groundwater Trust](/files/2015/09/t_research_15-8934-GRNDWATER-018-300x200.jpg)
Earth & Environment
Science under Our Feet
![The fellowships received by Xin Zhang (left) and James C. Bird (right) pair BU graduate students with Schlumberger researchers to pursue early-stage research](/files/2015/06/h_research_profs_award-636x425.jpg)
Earth & Environment
Faculty Receive First Schlumberger-BU Research Grants
![Lucy Hutyra, Conor Gately, and Ian Sue Wing, from the GRS department of earth and environment, developed a new way to measure CO2 emissions from cars. The new system, called DARTE, could help cities combat climate change. Photo by Michael D. Spencer](/files/2015/04/h_research_15-8707-CITIESCO2-007-300x200.jpg)
Climate Change