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How Climate Change Threatens NYC’s Transportation Infrastructure
Environmental Science and Policy alum Susanne DesRoches has testified before Congress on how to build resiliency in roadways and public transit.
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What Are the Hidden Co-Benefits of Green Infrastructure?
A new study compares how 14 types of green infrastructure contribute to 22 potential benefits for urban communities.
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New York: A City of Seasons
I love the seasonality and endless variety of my home city and I do not find its intensity incompatible with the goal of environmental sustainability.
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Team Deciphers Sea-Level Rise From Last Time Earth’s CO2 Was as High as Today
In a coastal cave off Spain, scientists have found evidence showing that more than 3 million years ago, when temperatures were similar to those projected for the end of this century, sea levels were as much as 16 meters higher than they are now.
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A Dwindling, Dying Dead Sea: A Call for Restorative Action
Saving the Dead Sea will require political will, changes in industry best practices, and coordinated restoration efforts in a region that is notorious for its lack of cooperation.
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How the Top Ten Democratic Candidates Plan to Deal With Climate Change
It is critical that whoever becomes president in 2020 commits to tackling the climate crisis. Here are the climate plans of the top ten Democratic candidates.
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Earth Institute Experts Discuss Fires in the Amazon Rainforest
As leaders in research on ecology, wildfires, and climate change, experts at the Earth Institute are leading the conversation over this environmental catastrophe.
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Protecting the Amazon Requires Changing Policy and Eating Less Beef
Global demand for beef is fueling the Amazon rainforest fires, and it will take a global solution to fix it.
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Earth Institute Postdoctoral Research Program Now Accepting Applications for 2020
Doctoral candidates or recent Ph.D., M.D., J.D. or Sc.D. recipients interested in research on sustainable development can apply by October 30, 2019.
