This article focuses on research from Brown's Climate Solutions Lab, led by faculty affiliate Jeff Colgan at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs.

IBES and Epidemiology Associate Professor Allan Just explored how climate change and access to green space are shaping health and well-being across Rhode Island.

This episode of NPR's science podcast, Short Wave, features insights from IBES Voss Postdoc Elodie Freymann, a primatologist who studies self-medication in chimpanzees.

IBES Director Kim Cobb offered commentary for this article, describing how El Niño functions and potential impacts.

IBES Professor Stephen Porder penned this opinion piece, assessing the costs and benefits of clearing trees to make room for solar panels.

This story reports on research from IBES' Climate and Development Lab, led by Professor Timmons Roberts, that found activists and lobbyists used debunked claims to fight climate Superfund bills.

This fall marks the start of Roberts’ and Teichert’s final academic year at Brown. As they prepare to retire, they leave a lasting legacy through decades of teaching, scholarship, and service.

IBES affiliate and Professor of Education Matthew Kraft, founding director of the Sustainable Education Research Initiative, was interviewed about the impact of natural disasters on school attendance.

Voss Postdoc Luke Larter offered commentary on a new study on the implications of noise on frog mate choice.

Stevens spent the summer in Colorado to study land stewardship and ecosystem change in the Upper Rio Grande Basin through community interviews and vegetation mapping.

IBES affiliate Erica Walker, an assistant professor of epidemiology and director of Brown's Community Noise Lab, offered commentary about the noise and environmental impacts of data center growth across the country.

IBES Director Kim Cobb offered commentary for this article.

IBES Director Kim Cobb offered commentary about new research linking climate change to more intense El Niños.

IBES Director Kim Cobb commented on a new study of El Niños, warning that their intensification could drive more severe weather events.

This report — led by IBES researchers including Professor Timmons Roberts, Trevor Culhane, and August DeVore — shows how fossil fuel and energy-intensive industries work to block “Climate Superfund” bills across state legislatures.

This story reports on research by Professor Timmons Roberts and Research Associate Trevor Culhane, leading researchers of the Climate and Development Lab, who found that activists and lobbyists used debunked claims to fight climate superfund bills.

IBES Director Kim Cobb offered commentary about new research that connects single corporate emitters to specific heatwaves and areas of extreme rainfall.

Meet the newest members of the IBES community, whose work spans climate science, economics, agriculture, sociology, public health, and global policy.

What does it take to turn a class assignment into a story? Brown students in IBES' Science Journalism course investigated environmental issues shaping communities across Providence and saw their work appear in ecoRI News.

IBES and DEEPS Assistant Professor Daniel Ibarra is among the authors of this study.

A dual-degree student in Environmental Sciences and Studies and the Rhode Island School of Design’s Illustration Department, Ho studies the gut microbiomes of wild sloths in Costa Rica to map normal variation and test how species, habitat, and rehabilitation status shape these microbial communities.

IBES affiliate and Catalyst Research Awardee Matthew Kraft, a professor in the Department of Education, and his SustainableED team authored this study, finding that 44% of pre-K-12 schools in the U.S. are within a mile of a known environmental hazard site.

IBES affiliate Katelyn Moretti, an assistant professor of emergency medicine, offered insights on the health risks that hotter summers bring about.

This op-ed features previous commentary from IBES Director Kim Cobb, noting that expert insights like hers make for compelling, trustworthy journalism.

Professor Laurence C. Smith is among the authors of this data descriptor publication.

IBES affiliate Joseph Braun, a professor of epidemiology and director of Brown’s Center for Climate, Environment and Health, discussed actions people can take to reduce their exposure to PFAS.  

Tanguay begins her new role as Visiting Assistant Professor of Environment and Society on August 1.

Members of IBES' Breathe Providence project, including Professor Meredith Hastings, contributed to this paper, which draws on the work of the Breathe Providence Resident Task Force and provides practical guidance about the use of collage in community-engaged action research.

IBES affiliate Jon Witman, a professor emeritus of ecology, evolution and organismal biology, offered commentary on how El Niño climate cycles affect marine ecosystems in the Galápagos.

This article covers a new study that IBES affiliate Kenny Breuer, a professor of engineering, worked on.

Postdoc Gavin Piccione led this study, with contributions from Assistant Professor Daniel Ibarra, IBES graduate affiliate Justin Custado, and former undergraduate Voss Fellow Anna Dubey '25.

IBES and Biology Professor Stephen Porder offered commentary about recent wildfires in Canada, noting fossil fuel emissions' central role in extreme weather-related events.

Allan Just, an associate professor in IBES and the School of Public Health, was interviewed about how extreme heat and poor air quality work synergistically to harm human health.

On this episode of the School of Public Health's podcast, Meredith Niles, professor of environment and society & behavioral and social sciences, explores how climate-friendly agriculture is actually a quiet powerhouse for public health.

IBES Director Kim Cobb sat for an interview about this year's El Niño event. 

Elizabeth Rush, an IBES faculty affiliate in the Department of English, was interviewed for the new WTIU/PBS documentary, "Gene Stratton-Porter: Music of the Wild."

James Kellner — an IBES and biology professor and chief scientist for Perennial, the leading provider of measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification for soil carbon programs — is among the authors of this new study.

This summer, the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) welcomed its first group of students into a new program designed to expand access to faculty-mentored research opportunities in climate and the environment.

IBES Advisory Council member Emily McAteer, CEO and co-founder of Odyssey, joined energy entrepreneur Jigar Shah to discuss how weak, unreliable grids combined with plummeting solar and battery costs make distributed solar the cheapest option in many emerging markets.

Professor James Kellner is among the authors of this paper.

IBES Director Kim Cobb was quoted in this article.

After witnessing pollution in Southern California’s coastal waters as a high school student, Ispendjian founded Saving the Sea. Today, the national nonprofit is helping students translate environmental research into policy and action.

IBES Director Kim Cobb offered commentary about the causes of recent heat waves, noting fossil fuel consumption as the primary driver and the El Niño climate pattern as a potential influence as well.

IBES Director Kim Cobb offered commentary for this article.

This article features research by IBES and Epidemiology Assistant Professor Rachel Baker and IBES graduate affiliate Aleksandra Stamper, a doctoral candidate in the School of Public Health.