National Geographic
Inside the rush to buy an electric vehicle
IBES Professor Stephen Porder offered commentary on electric vehicles.
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Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
Stephen Porder
Acacia Professor of Ecology, Professor of Environment and Society & Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Research Interests
Landscape-scale biogeochemistry in tropical forests, Tropical agriculture, Tropics
Recent News
Three IBES professors and two affiliates faculty members offered commentary on Brown's recent decision to pause its carbon reduction efforts.
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IBES Professors Stephen Porder and Meredith Hastings discussed heatwaves' consequences and prevention.
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Carbon Balance and Management
Life cycle emissions associated with vault storage of wood cleared for fire management in the Western United States
This paper, coauthored by IBES Professor Stephen Porder and Declan Johnson '24, suggests that wood vaults are a promising emissions-reduction strategy, but challenges remain.
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IBES Professor Stephen Porder discussed nitrogen and phosphorous pollution, examples of effective mitigation, and key steps for bringing essential elements back into balance.
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News from IBES
Summer reads from IBES scholars
Recent titles that inform and inspire fresh ways of thinking about people and the planet.
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