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Earth

Divest BU, green delta fossil fuel divestment pin, Boston University student groups organizations, college and university campus fossil fuel divestment movement, divest university endowments from fossil fuel investments

Arts & Culture

DivestBU Pushes for Green Endowment

April 5, 2013

Ian Sue Wing, Johannes Schmieder, Richard Murray, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Department of Earth and Environment, human induced climate change, economic growth, mitigating climate change, carbon dioxide stabilization policy, environmental policy, environmental economics, carbon dioxide CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, global warming

Climate Change

The Climate Crisis: Your Job or Your Planet?

March 29, 2013

Dr. Cutler Cleveland, renewable energy, sustainable energy development, energy transitions, fossil fuels, Boston University climate change research, human induced climate change, global warming, carbon dioxide emissions, CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions

Research

The Climate Crisis: Breaking the Fossil Fuel Habit

March 28, 2013

Boston carbon metabolism, ULTRA-Ex Urban Long-Term Research Area Exploratory project, Lucy Hutyra, Nathan Phillips, Mark Friedl, Curtis Woodcock, Boston University, climate change research, carbon dioxide emissions, CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon storage, climate change, global warming

Earth

The Climate Crisis: Measuring Boston’s Metabolism

March 27, 2013

Ranga Myneni, phenological effects of climate change, seasonal temperature, vegetation, climate change, global warming, human induced climate change, International Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Boston University, BU

Sustainability

The Climate Crisis: Tracking Change, Predicting Trouble

March 26, 2013

Bruce Anderson, climate change research, global ocean warming, causes of climate change global warming, human caused climate change global warming, climate change hypotheses hypothesis

Science & Technology

The Climate Crisis: Why the Earth Is Warming

March 25, 2013

Boston University BU, Alternate Spring Break ASB, Reading, Pennsylvania, social justice, sustainability, community garden, Berks County Conservancy, Angelica Creek Park Environmental Exploration Center

Ecology

Alternative Spring Breaks: Reading, Pennsylvania

March 19, 2013

Boston University BU, Massachusetts CO2 Emissions, sustainability, carbon dioxide, climate change, global warming research

Earth

A BU Center to Promote Cleaner Cities?

March 15, 2013

Alternative Visions/Sustainable Futures exhibition, Boston University 808 Gallery

Visual Arts

Alternative Visions/Sustainable Futures

January 30, 2013

Boston University BU, ecology research, faculty Robinson "Wally" Fulweiler, coastal ecology research, estuary sediment, Waquoit Bay, Falmouth, nitrogen global impact

Science & Technology

Fulweiler’s Message in a Bottle

January 28, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, biology, Richard Primack, flowers bloom Walden Pond, climate change evidence

Faculty

Early Spring Flowering Sets Record

January 25, 2013

Boston University BU, Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, research political analysis impact of global warming climate change, sustainability

Science & Technology

New Pardee Center Director Named

January 24, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS professor Nathan Philips research, urban pipeline leaks, methan leaks Boston,

Sustainability

Boston’s Street-Level Gas Leaks: 3,300-Plus

December 7, 2012

Hurricane Sandy, insurance, disaster relief, disaster insurance

Public Safety

Lessons from Hurricane Sandy

November 7, 2012

Boston University BU, Humane League, vegetarian vegan society, reduce meat consumption, sustainability, cruelty free

Health & Medicine

Tofu: It’s What’s for Dinner

November 1, 2012

Boston University BU, Dining Services, sustainable fish, eco-conscious menus, George Sherman Union, residential dining halls, Make A Difference Monday, Les Kaufman, College of Arts & Science CAS professor, biology and marine conservation, Conservation International, power individual consumers, fishing industry

University News

Saving the Ocean, One Fish Dish at a Time

October 29, 2012

Science & Technology

Mushrooming Metropolises

October 19, 2012

Richard Pollack, public health entomologist, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, biology department, mosquito borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis EEE

Ecology

The Mosquito Hunter

July 30, 2012

BU Beekeepers club, Charles River bee hives, Boston University commencement honey bees

Ecology

Commencement Bees Happy in New Home

June 21, 2012

Pam Templer, Assistant Professor of Biology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences

Earth

Templer’s Sense of Snow

March 29, 2012

Templer’s Sense of Snow