At a recent IBES seminar, Columbia University’s Adam Sobel called for a transparent approach to climate risk science—one that guides practical decisions in an era of extremes.

IBES Director Kim Cobb offered commentary on carbon emissions and climate.

Members of the 2025-2026 Voss Undergraduate Fellowship cohort have shared their research with local audiences through the Conversations in Science series at Providence’s Hamilton House.

This report, authored by IBES Voss Postdoc Elodie Freymann, documents a novel foraging behavior in fire-crested alethes in the Budongo Forest Reserve of Western Uganda.

Professor Amanda Lynch co-authored this policy brief.

IBES affiliate David Savitz, a professor emeritus of epidemiology and pediatrics, offered commentary on how uncertainty around toxin data can affect public health outcomes.

Experts including Professor J. Timmons Roberts reflected on the progress of and barriers to several of the Paris Agreement's key Articles.

A team of researchers, including Assistant Professor Daniel Ibarra, examined preserved trees to understand how plants responded to the low carbon dioxide levels and cooler temperatures of the last glacial period, about 20,000 years ago.

This paper, co-authored by Assistant Professor Daniel Ibarra, supports the hypothesis of a negative feedback that limits atmospheric carbon dioxide decline during glacial periods.

IBES affiliate Stefanie Friedhoff (School of Public Health) is among the authors of a new report highlighting how extreme weather events are jeopardizing the health, safety and economic prospects of Americans.

This article features research and commentary from IBES Professor Laurence C. Smith.

Allan Just, Associate IBES and Epidemiology Professor, and Joseph Braun, Professor of Epidemiology and an IBES Faculty Fellow, are among the authors of a study finding that poor air quality negatively affects marathon finish times.

IBES Fellow Baylor Fox-Kemper is the leading Brown faculty member involved in SIMCoast, an NSF initiative to track how microplastics move from land to sea and explore what this means for ecosystems, climate, and communities.

During an October 18 book talk, Assistant Professor Myles Lennon challenged audiences to see solar energy as not only a climate solution, but a reflection of deeper social and economic inequities.

IBES and DEEPS Professor Amanda Lynch co-authored this commentary, which states that, if done well, the Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement "can provide a model for sustainable ocean management around the world."

Rainforest Reserves Australia misleadingly cited research by Visiting Professor Robert Brulle, an expert on global climate obstruction, in a submission to Australia's Senate inquiry on misinformation and disinformation. Brulle offered commentary on the matter.

As an Urban Sustainability & Justice Faculty Fellow, Assistant Professor Myles Lennon will visit Ann Arbor and Detroit in November, engaging in conversations on energy justice and sustainability and connecting with community organizations.

In Tyler Kartzinel’s Genomic Opportunities Lab, students and scientists work hand-in-hand with global partners to solve urgent conservation challenges, from restoring habitats to understanding what keeps wildlife healthy.

Associate Professor Tyler Kartzinel co-authored a new study that reveals how diamondback terrapins, keystone predators in salt marshes, face heightened risks as their populations decline.

From the Explorers Club to the United Nations Headquarters, IBES faculty were at the forefront of Climate Week, contributing expertise on the cryosphere, climate obstruction, and global science funding.

Ten years of research projects, countless ideas, one shared mission: to build a sustainable future.

Assistant Professor Myles Lennon published his first book, “Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism,” over the summer.

IBES awarded grants to six core and affiliate faculty members, allowing them to conduct research that crosses boundaries and benefits communities, both at Brown and around the world.

Elodie Freymann, a primatologist and IBES Voss postdoctoral researcher, reflected on how Dr. Jane Goodall inspired her professionally and personally.

Professor Timmons Roberts virtually testified before the Australian Parliament's Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy, answering senators' questions and detailing his climate obstruction research.

Professor Meredith Hastings discussed the air quality in Providence, as monitored through her Breathe Providence project.

This article includes commentary from Teaching Professor Kurt Teichert, a member of the Energy Efficiency Council. 

Associate Professor Tyler Kartzinel offered commentary for this article.

Assistant Professor Daniel Ibarra is co-author of a new study, which provides a new framework for examining how organisms have fundamentally altered ecosystems on a global scale across hundreds, thousands, or millions of years.

Assistant Professor Daniel Ibarra is co-author of this study, which provides a new framework for examining how organisms have fundamentally altered ecosystems on a global scale across hundreds, thousands, or millions of years.

Professor Nancy Jacobs, along with three Brown students and local partners, recently opened a new museum in Uganda to connect communities with endangered wildlife.

This study, co-authored by IBES and Biology Associate Professor Tyler Kartzinel, reveals that diamondback terrapins face heightened risks at the northern edge of their range in New England as their genetic diversity declines.

Jennifer Hadden, an IBES affiliate at the Watson School for International and Public Affairs, co-penned this commentary, which notes that "the current U.S. housing policy regime creates tradeoffs between promoting equity and addressing climate risk."

IBES Professor Stephen Porder offered commentary on electric vehicles.

Professor Timmons Roberts, whose Climate and Development Lab has researched the network of entities that oppose offshore wind projects, offered commentary for this article.

IBES Director Kim Cobb is one of dozens of scientists working to counter the Trump administration's efforts to weaken pollution regulations.

Representing local anti-offshore wind group Green Oceans, Marzulla Law sent a letter to Brown demanding research from IBES' Climate and Development Lab be retracted. CDL Director Timmons Roberts offered commentary and updates on the matter.

This study, co-authored by Professor Laurence C. Smith and former IBES postdoc Jonathan Ryan, suggests that climate models may be overestimating current levels of meltwater runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet.

IBES affiliate Erica Walker, an assistant professor of epidemiology, is partnering with student interns in Jackson, Mississippi, to investigate the root causes and long-term environmental impacts of illegal dumping.

Three IBES professors and two affiliates faculty members offered commentary on Brown's recent decision to pause its carbon reduction efforts.

A study led by biologists in IBES and EEOB revealed that different circumstances lead herbivores to eat a much wider variety of plants than previously believed.

Bathsheba Demuth, an associate professor in IBES and the Department of History, offered commentary for this article.

IBES Professor Timmons Roberts discussed his research at Brown's Climate and Development Lab on links between the fossil fuel industry and anti-wind groups, and his response to a letter from a law firm representing opponents of offshore wind farms demanding that the University retract the research. 

Research Professor Elizabeth Fussell discussed her research on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Professor of Population Studies and Environment and Society (Research) Elizabeth Fussell discussed her research on relocation efforts after Hurricane Katrina.

Members of the Sustainable Education Initiative, based at the Annenberg Institute and supported by an IBES Catalyst Award, provide a readable overview of how education policy and climate change are interconnected issues.

Research Professor Elizabeth Fussell spoke with Audie Cornish about her research tracking where evacuees ended up in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.