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.
IBES Professor Timmons Roberts offered commentary on "sophisticated and extremely well funded" disinformation campaigns that have "succeeded at undermining climate action globally.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
IBES affiliate David Savitz, a professor emeritus of epidemiology and pediatrics, offered commentary on how uncertainty around toxin data can affect public health outcomes.
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.
November 3, 2025 Federation of American Scientists
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.
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.
IBES and DEEPS Professor Amanda Lynch co-authored this commentary, which states that, if done well, the Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement "can provide a model for sustainable ocean management around the world."
Rainforest Reserves Australia misleadingly cited research by Visiting Professor Robert Brulle, an expert on global climate obstruction, in a submission to Australia's Senate inquiry on misinformation and disinformation. Brulle offered commentary on the matter.
October 16, 2025 University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability
As an Urban Sustainability & Justice Faculty Fellow, Assistant Professor Myles Lennon will visit Ann Arbor and Detroit in November, engaging in conversations on energy justice and sustainability and connecting with community organizations.
Associate Professor Tyler Kartzinel co-authored a new study that reveals how diamondback terrapins, keystone predators in salt marshes, face heightened risks as their populations decline.
Professor Timmons Roberts virtually testified before the Australian Parliament's Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy, answering senators' questions and detailing his climate obstruction research.
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.
Representing a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds, the faculty members join the Brown community to guide student-centered learning and engage in high-impact research.
September 2, 2025 Rhode Island PBS & The Public's Radio
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.