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Find your place in the climate space: Brown's first Climate Week is March 2-7, 2026.
With IBES as the lead sponsor, Brown’s first-ever Climate Week is an open invitation for students, faculty, alumni, and community members to come together to explore how research, policy, and practice intersect to drive meaningful climate solutions.
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.
Professor of Engineering Yue Qi, an IBES affiliate and deputy director of Brown's Initiative for Sustainable Energy, is a senior author on a study that found a nanoscale silver coating could be the key to making ultra-powerful solid-state batteries work.
This opinion piece cites recent research from the IBES-based Climate and Development Lab, led by Professor Timmons Roberts.
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.
According to a new report from the IBES-based Climate and Development Lab, opposition to climate legislation from Rhode Island’s main utility company and business interests are slowing climate legislation in the state.
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Interpersonal and Self-Inflicted Violence Linked to Temperature Spikes
This article relays key findings from a new study of which Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, a professor at IBES and the School of Public Health, is a co-author.
IBES and Epidemiology Professor Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou is among the authors of this new study, which links violence and temperature spikes.
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.
Climate and Development Lab
Who’s Obstructing Climate Action in the Rhode Island Legislature?
Members of the IBES-based Climate and Development Lab found that Rhode Island Energy and the Public Utilities Commission are among the entities obstructing climate action in the state.
Experts from finance, insurance, policy, and environmental science joined IBES for a timely conversation on how escalating climate and nature-related risks are reshaping economic stability—and what tools can help safeguard our financial future.
IBES Director Kim Cobb discussed the physical and economic toll of 2025's most devastating weather events, including the Palisades and Eaton Fires and Hurricane Melissa.
This letter to the editor cites research from the IBES-based Climate and Development Lab.
IBES Director Kim Cobb was interviewed about the role of the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Trump administration's recent moves to shutter it.
IBES Fellow Baylor-Fox Kemper, a professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, offered commentary for this article.
IBES Director Kim Cobb described the National Center for Atmospheric Research as “the beating heart of our field” and called its end “unthinkable.”
IBES Director Kim Cobb called plans to shutter the National Center for Atmospheric Research "a national security risk."
Through on-the-ground interviews and new insights on misinformation, IBES faculty members Myles Lennon and Timmons Roberts uncovered what COP30 achieved—and what still stands in the way.
Canary Media
The man behind the fall of offshore wind
Professor Timmons Roberts offered commentary on opposition to offshore wind, which is often based in misinformation.
PEN America
Snapshots of Censorship: Tilting at Windmills
Professor Timmons Roberts penned this column, which reflects on recent political threats to academic research.
Gatesi, an Engineering Physics and ENVS concentrator, is researching “the most promising alternative” to standard lithium ion batteries by manipulating Lithium Lanthanum Zirconium Tantalum Oxide (LLZTO) to be more sustainable.
Yue Qi — an engineering professor, IBES affiliate, and deputy director of Brown's Initiative for Sustainable Energy — discussed her new study, which offers guidance for designing sodium-ion batteries.
The Brown Daily Herald
Fighting the College Hill floods: Brown takes steps to contain stormwater
IBES Director Kim Cobb offered commentary on Brown's efforts to increase climate resilience on campus.
The New York Times
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
IBES Professor Timmons Roberts offered commentary on "sophisticated and extremely well funded" disinformation campaigns that have "succeeded at undermining climate action globally.”
November 26, 2025
News from Brown
Expanding seasonal immunization access could minimize off-season RSV epidemics
Researchers found differences in how respiratory syncytial virus spreads among children in rural versus urban communities and concluded that year-round immunizations would minimize risks of large seasonal outbreaks.
This article cites commentary from IBES Director Kim Cobb, who discussed COP30 and the global state of clean energy on CNN.
The IBES-based Climate Social Science Network, led by Professor Timmons Roberts, recently released "Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment," which explores who is blocking action on climate change and how they are doing it.
November 20, 2025
News from Brown
Research provides new design specs for burgeoning sodium-ion batteries
A study provides new guidance for designing sodium-ion batteries, which are emerging as a less expensive and more environmentally friendly complement to lithium-based batteries.
The Brown Daily Herald
Brown begins work on $7 million microplastics research initiative
IBES Fellow Baylor Fox Kemper and Affiliate Mara Freilich, both faculty members in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, are among the Brown researchers involved in the new SIMCoast initiative.
Bay to Bay News
Eidman: Big Oil is duping us about offshore wind
This column cites reports from researchers at the IBES-based Climate and Development Lab.
Earth Journalism Network
Countries Sign A Declaration To Fight Climate Disinformation At COP30
IBES Professor Timmons Roberts is among the prominent voices who advocated against climate disinformation at COP30 in Brazil.
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.
IBES Director Kim Cobb reflected on the absence of a US delegation at COP30 and the state of global climate action.
Professor Laurence C. Smith and colleagues are leading research on the melting Arctic and examining where meltwater ultimately ends up.
Global Issues
Without Truth, There Can Be No Climate Justice—Experts
IBES Professor Timmons Roberts discussed climate disinformation at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
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.
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.
News from IBES
IBES Voss Fellows bring climate research to the community
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.
Frontiers in Bird Science
Fire-crested alethes (Alethe castanea) follow humans and bushbuck in Uganda’s Budongo Forest
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.
Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Algorithmic North: Weather, Security and International Law
Professor Amanda Lynch co-authored this policy brief.
November 6, 2025
News from Brown
Pecking with power: How tiny woodpeckers deliver devastating strikes to drill into wood
A new study reveals how woodpeckers combine breathing and whole-body coordination to drill into trees with extraordinary force.
IBES affiliate David Savitz, a professor emeritus of epidemiology and pediatrics, offered commentary on how uncertainty around toxin data can affect public health outcomes.
Nature Climate Change
Expert retrospective on a decade of the Paris Agreement
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.
Federation of American Scientists
Protecting the Health of Americans in the Face of Extreme Weather
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.
The New York Times
Take a Deep Breath? How Bad Air Affects Your Marathon Finish Time
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.