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

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 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.

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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.

IBES Director Kim Cobb was quoted in this article.

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.

IBES Director Kim Cobb offered commentary for this article.

This article was written by an undergraduate student in IBES' Science Journalism class and features insights from IBES Professor Meredith Hastings, leader of the hyperlocal air monitoring initiative Breathe Providence.

IBES affiliate and Professor of Physics Brad Marston took part in a roundtable discussion about the connections between physics and climate science.

This article cites data from Breathe Providence, an IBES-based, community-focused air monitoring network.

IBES Director Kim Cobb said that a White House “proposal to base funding decisions on alignment with the [Trump] administration’s agenda is a particularly acute threat for climate and weather funding, which protects our nation’s infrastructure, economy, agriculture, public safety, and national security.”

This review covers Associate Professor of History and Environment and Society Brian Lander's book, “The King’s Harvest: A Political Ecology of China from the First Farmers to the First Empire.”

IBES and Epidemiology Professor Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou discussed her new paper on how community severance by road infrastructure increases mental health hospital visits in New York City.

Elizabeth Fussell, a research professor in IBES and the Population Studies and Training Center, peer reviewed the scientific paper that this article covers and offered commentary.

Faculty affiliate David Savitz (Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology) offered commentary on exposure to PFAS chemicals in drinking water.

Through collaborations with faculty affiliate Mara Freilich (DEEPS) and the IBES-based Breathe Providence project, local residents are working to understand how pollution is affecting their community.

IBES and Sociology Professor Timmons Roberts offered commentary for this article, reflecting on Democrats' approach to climate change and Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's outspokenness on the topic.

IBES faculty affiliates Baylor Fox-Kemper, Mara Freilich, Emanuele Di Lorenzo, and Karianne Bergen are collaborators on SIMCoast, a $7 million grant building Rhode Island’s research capabilities to measure and study the impacts of nano- and microplastics.

IBES affiliate Jeff Colgan, a professor of political science and international studies and director of the Climate Solutions Lab, wrote this opinion piece about the costs of the war in Iran. 

IBES and Ecology Professor Stephen Porder expressed that while declining rates of deforestation in the Amazon are encouraging, the region has seen lower rates, and “really the number needs to go to 0 very quickly.”

This article includes commentary from IBES and Sociology Professor Timmons Roberts.

IBES affiliate Eleanor Caves, an assistant professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology, offered comment for this story on “cloacal diving.”

This article showcases insights from the Sustainable Education Research Initiative's first conference, featuring commentary from SustainbleED founder, education professor, and IBES affiliate Matthew Kraft.

IBES Director Kim Cobb offered commentary about increasing wildfire risk amid a warming climate.

Barrington, Rhode Island's Resilience and Energy Committee utilized the IBES-and-DEEPS-based Network for Environmental Sensing & Technology (NEST) project to install water level sensors above the Barrington River.

A study by Daniel Perret PhD '21, IBES Professor Dov Sax, and Margaret Evans of the University of Arizona won the ESA's George Mercer Award for an Outstanding Paper by An Early-Career Researcher.