IBES Fellow and Epidemiologist Joseph Braun authored a new study, which found that exposure to PFAS during pregnancy was linked to slightly higher body mass indices and an increased risk of obesity in children.

Professor Timmons Roberts penned a letter to the editor advocating for offshore wind's economic, health, and environmental benefits. Offshore wind, he wrote, "is simply the only resource we have in New England that is at the scale to meet the increased electricity demand and get off fossil fuels."

Fossil fuels have caused atmospheric carbon dioxide to reach its highest levels in more than 4 million years, AP reported. IBES Director Kim Cobb commented, "The relentless rise in atmospheric CO2 is incredibly worrying if not wholly predictable."

Professor Timmons Roberts reflects on a recent study that estimates the amount of money wealthy nations would owe poorer nations for their role in the climate crisis. "Whether a fund for compensating countries for climate impacts will ever move forward is uncertain, but that does not invalidate the need for us to have a clear-eyed perspective of what is owed," he writes.

Kasper Multipurpose Room, Stephen Robert Campus Center, 75 Waterman Street
1:00-3:00PM, Wednesday, May 3rd.

Tuesday, April 18 | 12:00pm-12:50pm
Urban Environmental Lab, Room 106, 135 Angell Street

The fourth annual student-run Future of Sustainable Investing Conference (FSIcon) will take place on Brown's campus this Friday, March 10. The event brings together investors, professionals, academics, and students for a full-day summit, challenging them to think critically about how investing can shape our future.

In an interview with meteorologist Jeff Berardelli, IBES Director Kim Cobb discusses how and why marine limestone functions as a climate proxy. “I’m proud to say that the corals that I work with in the middle of the Pacific Ocean are as good, if not better than the temperature records from satellites,” says Cobb.

“The American West is going to have to learn how to do more with less,” says Laurence Smith, IBES Professor and Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Studies. In a recent episode of the NPR Short Wave podcast, Smith argues that strategically managing rivers in the present will pave the way for a better, climate-adapted future.

11 Brown students attended a special #UnitedNations conference supporting Pakistan's post-flood rebuilding efforts. The opportunity was made possible through the course "Climate Extremes and Human Rights: Winter Session in Geneva," co-led by IBES and EEPS Professor Amanda Lynch.

Visiting Professor of Environment and Society Robert Brulle offered commentary on research showing that scientists at oil giant Exxon were ‘uncannily accurate’ in their climate change modeling since the 1970s. These findings support ongoing efforts to hold Exxon and other fossil fuel companies accountable for deliberate climate misinformation.