When the woods are your climate change lab

For these researchers, Harvard Forest is a labor of love, and that love is changing

Harvard Gazette • harvard
March 5, 2025 • ~12 min

Carolina wildfires followed months of weather whiplash, from drought to hurricane-fueled floods and back to drought

Fires are a natural part of the landscape and essential for many species. But scores of fires at once were more than anyone bargained for.

Nick Corak, Ph.D. Candidate in Physics, Wake Forest University • conversation
March 5, 2025 • ~6 min

The shortcut to less warming? It runs through a farm field

Slashing emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, could slow the pace of climate change.

Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition • conversation
March 5, 2025 • ~8 min

Methane emissions are turbocharging climate change – these quick fixes could slow it down

Cover landfills and manure tanks and shrink dairy herds, for a start.

Euan Nisbet, Professor of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London • conversation
March 5, 2025 • ~8 min

Study: The ozone hole is healing, thanks to global reduction of CFCs

New results show with high statistical confidence that ozone recovery is going strong.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
March 5, 2025 • ~8 min

Why some animals defy the odds to thrive in urban areas

The animals that are living it up in the city.

Becky Thomas, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Royal Holloway University of London • conversation
March 5, 2025 • ~6 min

Extreme heat silently accelerates aging on a molecular level − new research

People living in locations that experience frequent extreme heat days age faster at the molecular level.

Eunyoung Choi, Postdoctoral Associate in Gerontology, University of Southern California • conversation
March 4, 2025 • ~7 min

Netflix’s Toxic Town offers a stark warning on environmental rollbacks

The show highlights the urgent need for environmental regulations in a time when governments are rolling back on them

Jim McQuaid, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds • conversation
March 4, 2025 • ~8 min

Climate change could be a problem for your gut health

A new article outlines how the compounding effects of climate change could weaken human gut microbiomes.

Emilie Lorditch-Michigan State • futurity
March 3, 2025 • ~5 min

Maple seeds’ unique spinning motion allows them to travel far even in the rain, a new study shows

Spinning maple seeds can shed raindrops in the blink of an eye to regain their helicopter-like flight.

Andrew Dickerson, Associate Professor of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee • conversation
Feb. 28, 2025 • ~5 min

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