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amazon jungle

Connecting sunlight and forests to curbing climate change

Florencia sangermano in field with students

Protecting Amazon’s Indigenous lands can improve human health, study finds

students with Karen Frey in arctic sea

Polar research blooms inside the hot spots

students planting trees

‘We stepped out of our comfort zone’

Worcester downtown center hall

‘The whole community will get healthier’

leopard in jungle

Clark-built dashboard reveals success of conservation efforts where the wild things are

South Shore (boston) waves crashing against sea wall

How can New England coastal communities best develop climate resilience?

sea turtle wrapped up in fishing lines

How much might countries benefit from cleaning up plastic pollution in the ocean?

fishing boats on Long Island Sound harbor

Will Long Island Sound residents make changes to help protect it?

humpback whale jumping out of the water

It’s not noise — it’s a symphony

Florencia on stage with international collaborators for global rainforest competition

XPRIZE award honors work of Clark geographer, research team in the Amazon

large water barrels on roofs of houses in Mexico City

The big thirst

paddle boats on blackstone river

Making the Blackstone ‘a thing of beauty’

Student Rowan Compton studies land changes on computer screen

Steinbrecher Fellow spends summer with ‘keepers of the pastures’

Florencia Sangermano hooking up equipment in Brazil

72 hours in the Amazon

Tree planting on Woodland Street

A tree grows in Worcester (75 of them, in fact)

students walking down main street, worcester

Faculty receive grants to increase research, engagement in Worcester

Students with Professor looking over bat sensor in fields

HERO still super after 25 years

professor standing in the middle of forest

Clark geographer applies ecoacoustic research to assessment of the Amazon

hand holding large water drop in field

‘It’s about trying to get a better and breathable planet’

Back angle view of high definition digital video camera which recording or shooting tv commercial production on pan tilt shift professional head tripod at outdoor location and film crew team with set.

Students awarded $10K to document, ‘uplift voices’ of those impacted by climate change

Abby Beilman tests water in Coal Mine Brook.

$10M gift advances School of Climate, Environment, and Society

planting small fir tree in forest

New maps show where tree restoration might help curb climate effects

Hadwen Arboretum forest

Heroes of the Hadwen

two field workers in wheat field

Can we feed the world by going with the grains?

muslim woman in house looking out window

Can migrants help shape sustainable cities?

Abby Frazier in White House

Clark professor leads chapter of Fifth National Climate Assessment, joins peers at White House unveiling

shipping boat in arctic sea

New report: Warmest Arctic summer on record is evidence of climate change acceleration

Many mixed hands reaching up to grab a piece of Mother Earth.

Marsh Institute lectures will examine aspects of climate crisis

Lydon Estes

Clark is first academic institution to become founding member of PLACE

Shasta Lake in California map

Clark geospatial team partners with NASA, IBM to harness AI technology

Maui fire damage

‘There’s likely a climate change signal in everything we see’

Hero students present their findings.

HERO students document neighborhoods’ recovery from tree-killing beetles

students with Slaterville Dam behind them

‘It’s time to bring them back’

Clark University Reception held at National Geographic Society in Washington, DC.

Roger Kasperson recalled for helping ‘put Clark on the map’

brazilian rodent climbing tree

Rodents, rainforest loss, and disease: Is there a connection?

Rob Johnston and student looking over geo maps

How much do we value healthy rivers and streams?

Arizona forest in desert

Climate change curbing Western forests’ ability to recover from fires, scientists find

red winged blackbird sitting on wheat plant

What can birds tell us about the health of habitats?

Professor Bebbington in coal mine

A deep dig into the extractives industry

Aid groups warn of serious humanitarian crisis as almost half of Bangladesh had gone under flood water, forcing millions of people to flee their homes for shelters. In the photos taken from Shibaloy in Manikganj district, almost all the houses in the village are submerged leaving many people marooned on August 20, 2017. Farmers are bearing the brunt of the ongoing flooding as the country’s agriculture department estimated rice and other crops cultivated in half a million hectares of land in 34 districts, out of 64, were washed away.

Clark University part of consortium awarded $40 million USAID climate adaptation contract

Karen Frey on ship in arctic pulling up water bucket

Newly released research predicts the greening of the Arctic

Mexico water way with boats

‘Water is life’: Three-year NSF study in Mexico brings multi-pronged approach to climate impacts

Felicia Sangermano measuring tree

The sounds of science

Misty Mayan Mountains in Central America

Williams co-authors report providing road map for the science of nature-based climate solutions

people paddling the blackstone river in Millbury

Four days. Sixty miles. One river.

students with local community under tent

In climate change battle, Clark University sends knight to roundtable

Ed Carr

Ed Carr appointed to National Academies panel addressing climate-related security issues

Abby Beilman taking water sample of out Coal Mine Brook

Uncovering the secrets of water, from Siberia to Massachusetts

John Rogan gives HERO students a tour of the Hadwen Arboretum.

‘Everything a geographer should know’

Aerial panorama of Botafogo Bay and Sugar Loaf Mountain, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Giant Jesus statue sitting on mountain.

Geographer Gil Pontius to teach digital map-analysis overseas

A railway trestle crossing the Red River between the U.S. states of Texas and Oklahoma on a bright summer afternoon.

Marsh Institute to lead water research fueled by $2.4M in grants

panel discussing Changing land and Seas at symposium

‘The truth is what we see on the ground’

Waimea Valley Hawaii Overlook Foggy view of Coast. Heavy cloud cover of fertile utopian paradise valley from top of mountain with mountains in the distance. Fertile Utopian Valley where Kings meet

Professor Abby Frazier navigates time zones to study Pacific climate while teaching on campus

Student sitting on desert rock

Do animals play a role in their own preservation?

Aid groups warn of serious humanitarian crisis as almost half of Bangladesh had gone under flood water, forcing millions of people to flee their homes for shelters. In the photos taken from Shibaloy in Manikganj district, almost all the houses in the village are submerged leaving many people marooned on August 20, 2017. Farmers are bearing the brunt of the ongoing flooding as the country’s agriculture department estimated rice and other crops cultivated in half a million hectares of land in 34 districts, out of 64, were washed away.

On eve of IPCC report release, Ed Carr warns: ‘Transform, or be transformed’

crops in field

Synthesis of research including Clark geography professor published in National Academy of Sciences journal

Karen Frey

Professor Karen Frey prepares for summer field study of decreasing Arctic sea ice

Stefanie Covino

Blackstone Watershed Collaborative seeks to reverse decades of river pollution

Lerman Sinkoff

Clark doctoral student partners with city advocacy group to identify gas leaks

Hawaiian island view of ocean meeting mountain

Clark geographer to lead key chapter of national climate assessment

Forest

Scientists identify forest carbon ‘hotspots’ across US with greatest potential to fight climate change

aerial view of Petra

To Imagine a 39-Million-Year-Old Forest, Start Small—Very Small

walrus on arctic beach

Female and Young Walruses Depend on Disappearing Arctic Sea Ice for Food Sources

hero students gathered on sidewalk measuring trees

When the going gets hot, Clark’s HERO fellows get going

Ed Carr

Professor Edward Carr to address social justice, equity in US Transportation Dept. event

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Geography students present research, earn awards at national conference

aerial view of land with mapped areas in red

Geography research documents solar farms’ negative effects on landscape

Clark University Reception held at National Geographic Society in Washington, DC.

Longtime professor Roger Kasperson has died

Chris Williams

Clark geographer Christopher Williams: More trees do not always create a cooler planet

Ed Carr

Ed Carr addresses the tensions between livelihood and the social order

icebergs floating in water

In 15th Arctic Report Card, Prof. Karen Frey documents changes impacting base of Arctic’s food web

Christina Goethel of UMCES, Clare Gaffey of Clark University, and volunteer Ruth Cooper aboard the Norseman II ship

Clark geography researcher experiences a ‘changing Arctic’ on recent expedition

Aandishah Tehzeeb Samara sitting behind laptop

Aandishah Tehzeeb Samara ’21 investigates the cloudy forecast in the Arctic

Jennifer Safford

IDCE professor receives Erskine Award from YWCA of Central Massachusetts

bridge construction

Clark geographers publish article on infrastructure investment in leading journal

feral cat in woods

Clark faculty expertise featured on The Conversation

hero students in forest

Student researchers learn how trees keep things cool in Massachusetts cities

two students in marsh

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