Climate
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Why climate ignorance proved deadly in 17th-century New England
What is the price that humans might pay for today’s spread of climate misinformation amid the emergence of AI, a phenomenon that the United Nations has called a global threat? Perhaps we do not yet know. But history may provide some answers: A deep dive into 17th-century New England history reveals the impact on English…
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Clark strengthens academic partnership with Ethiopia’s Wollo University
A new partnership with Wollo University was was announced at a Clark lecture by Dr. Teferi Abate, a senior research anthropologist at Yale.
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From crab blood to carbon hoarding
Caden Thomas ’27 gets down in the mud for marine research.
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‘We hear them, see them, and are with them’
At COP30, Clark supports Indigenous peoples’ fight to be heard
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Building a clean-energy future, brick by brick
Chemistry Professor Julio D’Arcy leads a student research team to develop state-of-the-art technology aimed at improving human lives.
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‘We’re getting exactly what we designed for’
Strategist Ken Coulson applies systems thinking to sustainability challenges
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Addressing the globe’s polycrisis
The mission of Clark University’s School of Climate, Environment, and Society can be summarized in one word, according to Lou Leonard, the school’s D.J.A. Spencer Dean, and that word is impact.
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Connecting sunlight and forests to curbing climate change
The climate benefits of some carbon projects may be overestimated because they don’t account for changes in albedo — the percentage of sunlight that a forest reflects or absorbs, making it cooler or hotter — in their calculations, according to Geography Professor Christopher Williams and his peers.
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Clark makes its presence known at Climate Week
Clark faculty, administrators, and alumni are in New York to contribute to the important global conversations taking place at Climate Week NYC, billed as the world’s second-largest climate gathering.
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‘I wanted to be in the communities’
From global to grassroots, Solange Biandaky-Badji, Ph.D. ’08, is a leader