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Earth

The first new geothermal wells—each 1500 feet deep—have been drilled into the subterranean layers of the new BU Data Sciences Center. Courtesy of Chris Kenney

Computational Science

Historic, and Loud, Geothermal Drilling Gets Underway

February 27, 2019

Photo by Quinn Nietfeld on Unsplash

Geology

POV: Grand Canyon Celebrates 100th Anniversary as a US National Park

February 26, 2019

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (CAS’11) (D-N.Y.) unveiled the Green New Deal earlier this month, a plan to decarbonize the economy within 10 years. Photo by Alex Edelman/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

Politics

Student Environmentalists on Alum Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal: Yes, Please

February 22, 2019

Portrait of Mike Wagner standing in front of his Mitsubishi Outland PHEV hybrid vehicle.

Sustainability

BU Carpenter: From Gas Guzzler to Green Machine

February 21, 2019

A plastic straw and bottle litter the ocean floor

Sustainability

Prodded by Students, BU Phases Out an Environmental Scourge: Plastic Straws

February 14, 2019

wind turbine

Climate Change

Eight Ways Boston Could Become Carbon Free

January 29, 2019

An SUV emits gas emissions

Earth

POV: It’s Time to Dethrone the SUV

January 28, 2019

A person celebrates new years eve wearing 2019 glasses

Public Health

Predictions for 2019 from BU Experts

January 22, 2019

Trees and snowline of a Northeastern Forest.

Climate Change

Warmer Winters Are Harming Northeast Forests

December 11, 2018

A diver reels in a line near a bleached colony of Boulder Star Coral at East Flower Garden Bank.

Marine Biology

Inside the Search for a Coral Killer

October 1, 2018

Firefighters battle flames leaping from a home after a series of gas explosions in Lawrence, Mass.

Things-to-do

Recent Massachusetts Explosions Can Happen in Any Gas System

September 25, 2018

wind farm

Sustainability

University Announces Massive Wind Power Purchase

September 18, 2018

Jeffrey Geddes

Earth & Environment

CAS Prof Wins Nearly $1M to Study Interaction of Natural and Human Emissions

July 5, 2018

John Kerry

Science & Technology

Fixing Climate Change Is Good Business, Whatever President Trump Says

June 11, 2018

Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy speaks at the Boston University School of Public Health symposium on climate change

Climate Change

SPH Hosts Climate Change Symposium

April 24, 2018

Biology

Lobsters on the Line

March 26, 2018

Jean Morrison

University News

Office Artifacts: Jean Morrison

March 21, 2018

Lonchura castaneothorax and Lonchura grandis species of Finches from New Guinea standing on a branch

Biology

Birds of a Feather

February 12, 2018

Zakim Bridge Boston

Public Health

Air Pollution Inequality Growing in Massachusetts

January 12, 2018

Portrait of Boston University faculty Pamela Templer, Lucy Hutyra, and Jonathan Levy

Biology

BU Scientists Get $3 Million NSF Research Traineeship Grant

December 20, 2017

BU Scientists Get $3 Million NSF Research Traineeship Grant