Professor Timmons Roberts, whose Climate and Development Lab has researched the network of entities that oppose offshore wind projects, offered commentary for this article.
Representing local anti-offshore wind group Green Oceans, Marzulla Law sent a letter to Brown demanding research from IBES' Climate and Development Lab be retracted. CDL Director Timmons Roberts offered commentary and updates on the matter.
IBES affiliate Erica Walker, an assistant professor of epidemiology, is partnering with student interns in Jackson, Mississippi, to investigate the root causes and long-term environmental impacts of illegal dumping.
A study led by biologists in IBES and EEOB revealed that different circumstances lead herbivores to eat a much wider variety of plants than previously believed.
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IBES Professor Timmons Roberts discussed his research at Brown's Climate and Development Lab on links between the fossil fuel industry and anti-wind groups, and his response to a letter from a law firm representing opponents of offshore wind farms demanding that the University retract the research.
Professor of Population Studies and Environment and Society (Research) Elizabeth Fussell discussed her research on relocation efforts after Hurricane Katrina.
Members of the Sustainable Education Initiative, based at the Annenberg Institute and supported by an IBES Catalyst Award, provide a readable overview of how education policy and climate change are interconnected issues.
Professor of Population Studies and Environment and Society (Research) Elizabeth Fussell offered commentary on how New Orleans has changed since Hurricane Katrina, noting that 20 years later, the city is smaller, wealthier, and has fewer Black residents.
IBES faculty affiliate Mark Blyth, a professor at the Watson School for International and Public Affairs, penned this article with Daniel Driscoll, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Virginia.
Associate Professor Bathsheba Demuth penned this essay, which poignantly describes how declining salmon populations threaten the future of the Yukon River and its surrounding communities.
IBES affiliate Matthew Kraft, a professor in the Department of Education and founder of the SustainableED initiative, makes the case for teaching about climate science and investing in resilient, sustainable schools.
This article features commentary from IBES Director Kim Cobb, who is one of dozens of scientists working to respond to a Department of Energy report that casts doubt on the severity of climate change.
The Sustainable Education Research Initiative will build collaborations between scholars, policymakers and practitioners to generate insights that inform Pre-K-12 education policy and practice.
IBES Professor Stephen Porder discussed nitrogen and phosphorous pollution, examples of effective mitigation, and key steps for bringing essential elements back into balance.
Visiting Professor of Environment and Society Robert Brulle offered commentary on the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to reverse climate regulations.
This article describes the cancellation of IBES faculty affiliate Mara Freilich's NASA grant, which engaged citizens in studying the air quality around California's Salton Sea.
Education Professor and IBES affiliate Matt Kraft provided commentary on SustainableEd, an IBES-supported initiative he founded that launched in July with a new report that synthesizes research examining the relationship between climate change and education.
IBES affiliate and Catalyst Research Award recipient Erica Walker, an assistant professor of epidemiology, was interviewed about air quality reports from her Community Noise Lab's environmental monitoring research.
Over the spring semester, prestigious national and international organizations recognized Brown faculty for their research, teaching, service and leadership.
Incoming IBES and Epidemiology faculty member Marianthi Kioumourtzoglou discussed the limitations of and current models for assessing wildfire-smoke exposure and its health impacts.
A recent study from IBES and the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology highlights gaps in reference databases that are required by scientists for DNA sequencing.
The study challenges the idea that the climate of northern Africa dried out around 3 million years ago, a time when the earliest known hominids appear in the fossil record.
IBES affiliate Cory Zigler, a professor of biostatistics, offered commentary on the effects of a wide-ranging rollback of environmental regulations, asserting that “more of this type of pollution that we know kills people will be in the air.”
IBES affiliate Erica Walker, an assistant professor of epidemiology and founder of the Community Noise Lab at Brown’s School of Public Health, was interviewed about her noise pollution research.
The Community Noise Lab, led by IBES affiliate Erica Walker in the School of Public Health, recently launched a rotating environmental monitoring network to measure a variety of pollutants, meteorological conditions, and noise levels in the Southern United States.
Researchers showed that hydrogen sulfide, which is associated with numerous health conditions, is emitted from California’s largest lake at levels far higher and more frequently than previously reported.
Planeteer Capital, a venture firm led by ENVS alumna Sophie Purdom '16, defied the odds this year by closing a $54 million first-time fund to invest in climate-tech startups.
IBES Fellow Joseph Braun – a professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Climate, Environment & Health – spoke about the new center's research and whether the current presidential administration could affect its work.