Sustainability science is an emerging field of academic research. Sustainability scientists focus on understanding and addressing the complex interactions between humans and the natural world from an ...

Environmental scientist and sustainability expert Jonathan Foley, PhD, will deliver this year’s Campus Sustainability Lecture on Oct. 23. The lecture, titled “Drawdown — A Science-Based, Hopeful Plan ...

Carbon Offsets Are a Convenient Fiction Let's be real here. Carbon offsets have essentially failed after 25 years of ...

As the city of Syracuse faces persistent environmental inequities, local advocates praised community-driven action at a climate change town hall hosted by SUNY ESF’s Environmental Studies Student ...

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. On a Thursday this fall, hundreds of students at the ...

As climate change accelerates, its impacts are being felt most acutely by those who have contributed the least to the problem: the world’s poorest and most marginalized people. A recent report by the ...

Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Professor Juliette Rooney-Varga is among a team of researchers that recently received recognition for its global climate simulator, En-ROADS. The System ...

Sustainable solutions for addressing pollution and climate challenges are essential to safeguard agriculture, water systems, and public health. Climate ...

Locust outbreaks, which cause considerable crop losses, affect a quarter of the world’s population today. In a recent paper, scientists predict the situation will worsen with climate change, and they ...

From April to June this year, three international days focus our attention on the environment and on humanity’s responsibility to curtail the devastating effects of climate change on the planet.

Many classes that meet UCSD’s climate literacy requirement are taught in the university’s Climate Action Lab. Credit: Olivia Sanchez/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: ...