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Hélène Benveniste provides a quantitative, global analysis of reduced international mobility due to resource deprivation caused by climate change, among other notable findings By Nature Publishing Group Climate change may lead to a reduction in...

A revolutionary new mechanism could unlock environmentally friendly air conditioning By Yahya Chaudhry, The Harvard Gazette A summer dilemma worthy of Solomon: how to stay cool in days of high heat and humidity without turning to traditional air...

Fell develops flow batteries at SEAS, presides over Harvard Energy Journal Club By Matt Goisman, SEAS Communications How much would it cost to mine metals from asteroids? Eric Fell didn’t expect to talk about that while interviewing for a Ph.D. position...

Climate Change Solutions Fund awards $1.3M in research grants to address local and global issues By Erin Tighe, The Harvard Gazette Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific...

Even as the allergic environment changes in conjunction with our climate, there are steps you can take to manage the impact of seasonal allergies By Peter Grinspoon, MD, Harvard Health Publishing When I worked at Greenpeace for five years before I...

Research combines artificial intelligence and computational science for accurate and efficient simulations of complex systems By Leah Burrows, SEAS Communcations Predicting how climate and the environment will change over time or how air flows over an...

Listening to and learning from people of color and Indigenous people is critical to tackling climate and racial injustice By Sarah Grucza, Harvard Law School Arizona is enduring its worst drought in 1,200 years. The megadrought, which scientists have...

Autumn’s warm hues turn icy when printed as cyanotypes By Stephanie Mitchell, The Harvard Gazette Trees along the paths of Harvard Yard — oaks, elms, maples, locusts, gingkos, dogwoods, and sweetgums — seasonally shed their leaves and seeds. Most are...

To tackle the climate crisis, artificial intelligence is becoming more open and democratic, says HUCE Affiliate Wai Chee Dimock By Wai Chee Dimock, Scientific American The April 4, 2022 report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change makes...

HKS's Belfer Center announces the Arctic Data Stories workshop By Daniel Bicknell, Nadezhda Filimonova, and Sarah Mackie for Belfer Communications What to make of maps? How do we understand what information goes into creating them? How can we use them to...