Environment
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From crab blood to carbon hoarding
Caden Thomas ’27 gets down in the mud for marine research For many Clark students, summer internships open doors to unexpected opportunities. For Caden Thomas ’27, that door was an internship in the mudflats of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Thomas, an environmental science and policy major with a minor in geography in the School of Climate, Environment,…
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ETH BiodivX team launches groundbreaking Indigenous-led conservation fund at COP 30 in Belém
Revolutionary endowment model puts Indigenous communities in control of conservation funding decisions, transforming biodiversity finance from the ground up
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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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‘I just love getting my hands in the dirt’
From Massachusetts to Australia, Beatrice Altopp ’25, M.S. ’26, wants to protect local species
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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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Protecting Amazon’s Indigenous lands can improve human health, study finds
Indigenous Territories in the Amazon rainforest can help buffer and protect humans from diseases, according to a recent study.
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Photo Essay: School of Climate, Environment, and Society kickoff day
Clark celebrated the launch of the School of Climate, Environment, and Society with an all-day kickoff event that included opportunities to learn about new academic offerings, explore local nature, and engage in fun activities and workshops.
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Could rising temps mean more infections?
Doctoral student Lauren Parry studies how humans may be able to fend off microscopic fungi