Environmental Studies
Record-breaking fires over the past decade suggest the western U.S. has entered a new era of megafires.Fire itself is not the problem – it has been characteristic of the North American West for millennia. The problem is when fires, fueled by dry and
Climate change and other environmental stresses have increasingly become drivers of displacement,Climate change is upending people’s lives around the world, but when droughts, floods or sea level rise force them to leave their countries, people
This year’s recipients of the notable College of Arts and Sciences’ award are especially distinct, the chair of the award committee notesSeventeen exceptional undergraduates are this year’s recipients of the Jacob Van Ek scholarship, one of the
Working for a better climate won’t be easy, but will always be right, Rhiana Gunn-Wright tells ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ environmental studies graduates.
Renae Marshall, the College of Arts and Sciences’ Outstanding Graduate for spring 2021, produced an ‘impressive’ thesis examining the fate of more than 700 decarbonization bills in the past five years.
ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Stand Up for Climate Comedy Show will air on Earth Day, April 22.
The Thompson awards from the Center of the American West urge students to write about the West and show them the year that was for a $500 prize.
Joanna Lambert’s research in evolutionary biology carries lessons for coexisting with coyotes, COVID-19 and each other.
Researchers have found that a whopping one-third of the fertilizer applied to grow corn in the U.S. each year simply compensates for the ongoing loss of soil fertility, costing farmers a half-billion dollars.
Stronger Antarctic leadership is urgently needed to safeguard the Southern Ocean—and beyond.Two-thirds of the world’s oceans fall outside national jurisdictions – they belong to no one and everyone.These international waters, known as the high