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2025-2026 Brown University Book Award

"Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait" by IBES and History Associate Professor Bathsheba Demuth has been selected as the 2025-2026 Brown University Book Award.
Grist

Europe gets ‘green energy’. These Southern towns get dirty air.

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Erica Walker, an IBES affiliate faculty member, offered commentary on the public health impact of pellet mills in the American South, which are 50% more likely to be located in communities with a high proportion of poor and nonwhite residents.
American Physical Society

Brad Marston on science, democracy, and the hard work ahead

Brad Marston — an IBES faculty fellow, professor of physics, and 2026 president of the American Physical Society — discussed his research and priorities for the year ahead, including focusing on climate science and the role of democracy in scientific discovery.
News from IBES

WATCH | GIS Career Panel

Held during the 2025 Geography Awareness Week, the November 19 panel brought together professionals who have built diverse careers in transportation, utilities, government, and environmental planning.
bioGraphic

Pachyderm Pharmacies

Voss Postdoc Elodie Freymann, who studies self-medicating behavior among chimpanzees in Uganda, offered commentary about new research on elephants' search for medicinal plants.
Facing Future

The Phosphorus Conundrum

IBES Professor Stephen Porder and UVM Associate Professor Eric Roy, a former Voss postdoc, joined this episode of Facing Future to explain their work on the phosphorous cycle.
LAist

Resetting the discussion around climate crisis

IBES Director Kim Cobb joined the AirTalk radio show to discuss Bill Gates's recent memo on climate change — in which he expresses concerns on how the climate crisis is being framed and addressed — and how should we talk about climate moving forward.