Kurt Pennell — an engineering professor, IBES fellow, and groundwater remediation expert — offered input during an October 2024 meeting to review the environmental impacts of the the Massachusetts Army National Guard's controversial proposal for a machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod.
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With the help of an IBES Catalyst Research Award, affiliate faculty member Erica Walker and her Community Noise Lab will launch a free, self-paced online summer environmental health and science program for middle school students in Jackson, Mississippi.
March 24, 2025
News from Brown
New research helps reconstruct sudden, dramatic sea level rise after last ice age
By determining which ice sheets melted to create a colossal increase in sea levels 14,500 years ago, scientists hope to enable better predictions of how current ice melting will affect levels around the world.
IBES affiliate Jerome Robinson, an associate professor of chemistry, discussed STEM Day at Brown — an initiative he leads for local high schoolers.
Citizens' Climate Lobby
Can Talking About Climate Change Reduce Anxiety?
This episode of Citizens’ Climate Radio features insights from Kate Schapira, an IBES affiliate in the Department of English.
"Extreme weather events, made more frequent and intense by climate change, pose a clear and present danger to our education system," said affiliate faculty member Matthew Kraft.
March 13, 2025
News from Brown
Brown launches new master’s degree program in sustainable energy
Combining cutting-edge science, technology and engineering education with economic and policy instruction, the on-campus program will prepare students to be change-makers in the global transition to renewable energy.
Members of Assistant Professor Dan Ibarra's lab, including graduate affiliate Riley Havel, who was interviewed for this piece, identified a meteorite that landed in a carton of ice cream in Pennsylvania.
Swearer Center for Public Service
Trees, Heat and Human Health
This article highlights the engaged work that three ENVS concentrators are conducting to increase tree equity in Providence and bolster community health.
The Brown Daily Herald
What’s next for the economy? Billionaire Tom Steyer says it should be renewable energy.
IBES Director introduced Steyer as a “force of nature” in her opening remarks, describing him as “somebody who has taken all of their chips and gone all in on climate.”
Researchers from Brown, including IBES Associate Professor Tyler Kartiznel, contributed to a study that found giraffes' gut microbiome is more closely tied to the giraffe’s species than to the specific plants it consumes.
The New York Times
Hit by ‘Gut Punches,’ Scientists Band Together to Protest Trump
IBES and Sociology Professor Scott Frickel offered commentary about the tradition of science activism.
The Providence Journal
Can RI force fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change? Here's how.
IBES Professor Timmons Roberts noted that fossil fuel companies have "buried the negative impacts of their product like the tobacco companies did."
Kim Cobb offered commentary on the scientific evidence that climate change is harming people and the planet.
Uppsala University
Unexpected discoveries in study of giraffe gut flora
Past and present members of Associate Professor Tyler Karzinel's lab analyzed the link between diet and gut flora in three giraffe species.
National Parks Traveler
Working To Preserve Cashes Ledge, 'Yellowstone Of The North Atlantic'
IBES Fellow and Biology Professor Jon Witman, who has studied Cashes Ledge since 1977, offered commentary for this article.
“We really need an educated workforce who can understand what’s going on (and) how to transform from a historically carbon-based economy to a decarbonized economy,” said Nitin Padture, an IBES faculty affiliate and the director of the Initiative for Sustainable Energy.
IBES and DEEPS Professor Amanda Lynch offered commentary for this article.
IBES Director Kim Cobb acknowledged the grim reality of increasing global temperatures while asserting that "peak fossil fuel emissions are in reach, this year or next...if we keep our eyes on the prize."
IBES Professor Laurence C. Smith offered commentary for this article.
IBES and Sociology Professor Scott Frickel offered commentary about science organizing and activism.
IBES Director Kim Cobb offered commentary for this article, noting that a new study offers strong evidence linking recent global warming to the burning of fossil fuels.
The Boston Globe
Woburn startup could give US solar industry a second chance
This article includes commentary from Professor of Engineering Nitin Padture, an IBES affiliate, on the life expectancies of different types of solar collectors.
The Brown Daily Herald
The race against pollution: Air quality impacts marathon times, Brown study finds
New research from IBES Associate Professor Allan Just and Faculty Fellow Joseph Braun, both epidemiologists in the Brown University School of Public Health, suggests that poor air quality increases marathon runners' race times.
This article features forthcoming research from IBES Assistant Professor Daniel Ibarra and Faculty Fellow Brad Marston, a professor of physics.
This article references research by and includes commentary from IBES Professor Timmons Roberts, who led a report that found links between think tanks and conservative donors who are known to block climate policy in support of fossil-fuel interests.
The New York Times
Did Christopher Columbus Jump-Start the Climate Crisis?
IBES Fellow Elizabeth Rush penned this book review of "Dark Laboratory" by Tao Leigh Goffe.
Heatmap queried more than 30 climate insiders, including IBES Director Kim Cobb, about the future of environmental policy.
Brown Alumni Magazine
Capitalism to the Rescue?
Ricardo Bayon ’89, an IBES advisory council member and founder of Encourage Capital, teaches the ever-popular course "Finance and the Environment" at Brown.
This article cites a report from IBES' Climate and Development Lab, which found many of New Jersey's anti-offshore wind groups are affiliated with a Delaware-based libertarian think tank that is aligned with fossil fuel advocates.
Epicenter Podcast
Exploring Commodity Frontiers
Myles Lennon, assistant professor in IBES and the Department of Anthropology, joined fellow scholars to discuss the expansion of capitalism and commodities, including renewable energy.
Jefferson Public Radio
They disagree on offshore wind, but they’re working together to fight disinformation
This article cites a report from IBES' Climate and Development Lab, which found that much of the funding behind offshore wind opposition groups comes from entities with close ties to the oil and gas industry.
Portland Press Herald
Opinion: Greenland must be regarded as a partner, not a prize
IBES and DEEPS Professor Amanda Lynch co-authored this opinion piece.
The Daily Yonder
Q&A: Charting the Environmental History of the Arctic
IBES and History Associate Professor Bathsheba Demuth was interviewed about how the rural region between Canada and Russia has been transformed by colonialism and climate change.
Heatmap News
Are Anti-Renewables Activists Going Unchallenged?
IBES and Sociology Professor Timmons Roberts discussed why climate advocates should know "what strategies and the tactics are being used" by anti-renewables activists.
This article mentions a report by IBES' Climate and Development Lab on misinformation spread by anti-offshore wind interest groups.
NPR's Leila Fadel spoke with IBES and DEEPS Professor Amanda Lynch about why president-elect Donald Trump is seeking to take control of Greenland and Panama.
The New York Times
Trump Wants Greenland and the Panama Canal. It’s About Climate.
Amanda Lynch, an IBES and DEEPS professor who has studied climate change in the Arctic for nearly 30 years, offered commentary about the dangers of new trade routes around Greenland.
"Preparation [for the effects of climate change] involves science and realism about the scale of the effects, who will be most affected, and what can be done," IBES Fellow Baylor-Fox Kemper commented.
Utah Public Radio
How a stark warning about the Great Salt Lake led Utah lawmakers to act
Baylor Fox-Kemper, an IBES Fellow and co-author of a study that looks at how climate scientists communicate risk, offered commentary for this article.
December 18, 2024
News from Brown
For optimal marathon performance, check training plan, gear, nutrition, weather — and air quality?
Analyzing 16 years of race results and air pollution levels, a team of researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health found that poor air quality had a negative effect on marathon times.
The Atlantic
Bogotá’s Water Rationing Is a Preview
IBES Faculty Fellow Elizabeth Rush penned this article.
The Public's Radio
Judge expands attorney’s authority over Rhode Island Recycled Metals
This article cites work from Breathe Providence, a community-focused air quality monitoring network led by IBES Professor Meredith Hastings.
The New York Times
Trump's choice to run energy says fossil fuels are virtuous
Visiting Professor of Environment and Society Robert Brulle offered commentary on fossil fuel misinformation campaigns.
The Brown Daily Herald
Five years of Spin scooters: Are community members dizzy?
IBES Senior Lecturer Kurt Teichert weighed in on how Spin scooters fit into the sustainable transportation landscape.
IBES aluma Maggie Bachenberg '22, cofounder of the biking navigation app Pointz, is among Forbes's 30 Under 30 for Transportation & Mobility.
Greater Greater Washington
Why traffic never gets better
“If you keep adding lanes because you want to reduce traffic congestion, you have to be really determined not to learn from history,” commented IBES Affiliate and Economics Professor Matthew Turner.
The Brown Daily Herald
‘Possibly’ podcast takes a bite-sized approach to tackling environmental questions
Co-produced by IBES and The Public’s Radio, Possibly's four-minute episodes address different questions about environmental concerns “ranging from those about personal choices to huge systemic issues,” The Herald reports.
National Association of Science Writers
What to do when your subjects can’t speak to you? Science writers discuss tricks of portraying nonhuman characters
Associate Professor of History and Environment and Society Bathsheba Demuth participated in this National Association of Science Writers workshop.
Big Biology Podcast
What does it take to change the world?
Stephen Porder, Brown's associate provost for sustainability and a professor in IBES and EEOB, discussed his book, Elemental, and sustainable actions that people all can take to reduce their environmental impact.
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