{"id":24,"date":"2024-11-06T12:38:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T17:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/schools\/climate-environment-and-society\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2025-08-26T16:03:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:03:57","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Community-engaged research and practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">We work with communities, practitioners, and policymakers responding to climate and global change. Our integrated research and expertise around economic, environmental, and societal issues help inform decision-making in government, business, industry, and non-profits here and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns section is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/story\/water-is-life-three-year-nsf-study-in-mexico-brings-multi-pronged-approach-to-climate-impacts\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-climate-environment-and-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/mexico.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mexico\u2019s water crisis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Tim Downs, an expert in environmental science and engineering, works with a team of interdisciplinary faculty on a three-year NSF-funded study bringing a multi-pronged approach to climate impacts in Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link\">Building partnerships<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/story\/72-hours-in-the-amazon\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-climate-environment-and-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024_Florencia_Sangermano_Brazil_XPRIZE-005-new-1340x550-1.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rainforest biodiversity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of a global research team working alongside Indigenous communities, geographer Florencia Sangermano brought her expertise in GIS and eco-acoustics from Massachusetts to the Amazon as part of the XPRIZE Rainforest competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link\">Listening to the Amazon<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/story\/can-we-feed-the-world-by-going-with-the-grains\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-climate-environment-and-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/ethiopia.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resilience in Ethiopia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Morgan Ruelle leads research to determine whether Ethiopian farmers\u2019 traditional practice of planting and harvesting multi-species grain mixtures could offer climate-resilient solutions to global food insecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link\">Going with the grains<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns section is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/story\/clark-professor-leads-chapter-of-fifth-national-climate-assessment-joins-peers-at-white-house-unveiling\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-climate-environment-and-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/James_Keul-painting-hawaii-climate-assessment-scaled-2.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pacific islands\u2019 future<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lead author of the Fifth National Climate Assessment\u2019s Hawai<strong>\u2018<\/strong>i and Pacific Islands chapter, climatologist Abby Frazier explores the physical and socioeconomic impacts on communities hit by multiplying climate disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link\">An ocean of impacts<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        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She is vice chair of the International Arctic Science Committee\u2019s Marine Working Group and member of National Academies\/National Research Council committees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link\">Looking at the science<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/story\/clark-geospatial-team-partners-with-nasa-ibm-to-harness-ai-technology\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-climate-environment-and-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Shasta-Lake-California-satellite-image-nasa.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Climate science meets AI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with NASA and IBM, Hamed Alemohammad, director of Clark\u2019s&nbsp;Center for Geospatial Analytics, and his team have produced the world\u2019s first geospatial AI foundation model, a milestone that will allow scientists to access and study data more quickly and efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link\">Harnessing data<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns section is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/story\/williams-co-authors-report-providing-road-map-for-the-science-of-nature-based-climate-solutions\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-climate-environment-and-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/forest-loss-.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where trees help<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Geographer Christopher Williams and his team inform decision makers about where we get the greatest climate benefit from retaining and expanding tree cover throughout the world. He has co-chaired the North American Carbon Program\u2019s science leadership group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link\">Identifying gaps<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/story\/marsh-institute-to-lead-water-research-fueled-by-4m-in-grants\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-climate-environment-and-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/crops-dry.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The value of water<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Economists Robert Johnston and Dana Bauer are involved with two parallel, federally funded grants, one involving water quality in a polluted watershed and the other studying water quantity in a farming area facing severe drought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link\">Costs and benefits<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/story\/can-migrants-help-shape-sustainable-cities\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-climate-environment-and-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/abstract-belonging.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A world of migrants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,&nbsp;Anita F\u00e1bos works with migrants and refugees both locally and globally and examines the impacts of climate change on migration to urban areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link\">Human impacts<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns section is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/08\/hero-still-super-after-25-years\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"Student fellows converge on Gateway Cities to survey tree health\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/hero.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our HEROes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Public trees have higher survivorship than ones planted on private land, and street trees in particular lived longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link\">HERO still super<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We work with communities, practitioners, and policymakers responding to climate and global change. 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