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From left: School of Public Health members Breanna van Loenen, Brian Sousa, Jonathan Buonocore, Mary Willis, Hristiana Stoynova and Fintan Mooney. Boston University’s Institute for Global Sustainability hosted a virtual three-day CAFÉ Climate and Health Conference, which was funded for a climate-health research initiative funded by SPH. COURTESY OF REBECCA PEARL-MARTINEZ

IGS database aims to bridge gap between climate health risks, policy

Macie Parker February 9, 2024
BU’s Institute for Global Sustainability hosted its first annual three-day CAFÉ Climate & Health Conference on Monday as part of a three-year $6.7 million grant funded by the National Institutes of Health for a climate-health research initiative led by the BU School of Public Health and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Professor Pontus Olofsson was recently awarded two research grants from the NASA Carbon Monitoring System to support a three-year project analyzing forest degradation across the tropics. COURTESY OF PONTUS OLOFSSON

NASA awards two research grants to BU professor

Alex LaSalvia September 12, 2019
Boston University professor of earth and environment Pontus Olofsson was awarded two grants from NASA on Friday to research forest degradation using satellite data.
As cities like Boston continue to grow across the world, researchers need to find new solutions to urban climate challenges. COURTESY OLIVIA NADEL/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU researchers study urban climate change

Minali Prasad February 1, 2019
Faculty from across Boston University joined together in October 2018 to share their findings on urban climates as part of a new research program, called the Urban Climate Initiative.
Boston University’s Urban Climate Research Initiative launched Friday. ILLUSTRATION BY SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU launches urban climate initiative with City of Boston

Susannah Sudborough October 10, 2018
Boston University’s Urban Climate Research Initiative, a coalition that intends to inform the City of Boston on what actions to take when combating climate change, launched Friday.
In a recent study, The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies has found that since the start of human civilization, the number of trees has decreased 46 percent. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BRIAN SONG/DFP STAFF

Tree density study draws attention to limitations of human knowledge, concern

Sonia Rao September 8, 2015

An international study, published Wednesday and led by postdoctoral fellow Thomas Crowther at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, brought intriguing news for tree huggers and regular...

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