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Ice sheets melting on the Charles River as the weather warms this month. Boston University held a session Feb. 4 on the interactions between people, waterways and coastal cities in varying geographies. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Research on Tap talk explores relationship between coastal cities, water

Nathan Lederman February 7, 2019
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future 14 BU professors to share their insights on the relationship between coastal cities and their surrounding waterways.
Paul Horwitz, a law professor at University of Alabama School of Law, opens the “When God Isn’t Green: A World-Wide Journey to Places Where Religious Practice and Environmentalism Collide” discussion of BU Law Professor Jay Wexler’s book “When God Isn’t Green" Monday afternoon in Barristers Hall. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

INTERVIEW: Jay Wexler exposes conflict between religion and environment

Emily Langan March 28, 2016

What happens when religious practices are called into question because of harm to the environment? Which is more important: the freedom of religion or the preservation of our home? Jay Wexler,...

Approximately 11 percent of the 800 million people who live in villages in India do not have access to water purification systems. PHOTO COURTESY NATASHA WRIGHT

MIT researchers develop sustainable method for purifying salt water in India

Becca DeGregorio September 16, 2014

In the search for clean drinking water, scientists and engineers have cycled through filtration, chlorination, oxidation and just about any “-ation” one can think of. Despite these previous efforts,...

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