Environment and sustainability Archives

Environment and sustainability

Antarctica or bust: Clark’s southernmost research

For almost a century, Clark scientists have traveled to the frozen continent to understand its impact
Envisioning a changed world

Professor Eastman’s exhibit depicts the troubling beauty of humans’ environmental impact
A world of difference

Clark’s Marsh Institute looks to forge a lasting relationship between humans and their planet, while there’s still time
At Paris talks, USDA presents global food security report; Clark scientist a lead author

As world leaders meet in Paris for international climate change talks, a just-released report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture co-authored by Clark University Professor Edward Carr is focusing attention on how climate change will likely impact the world’s food security. Carr, director of the International Development, Community and Environment Department, was a lead author…
Clark geographers’ new study projects melting of Antarctic ice shelves will intensify

New research published today projects a doubling of surface melting of Antarctic ice shelves by 2050 and that by 2100 melting may surpass intensities associated with ice shelf collapse, if greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel consumption continue at the present rate. Ice shelves are the floating extensions of the continent’s massive land-based ice sheets.…
Major funders support George Perkins Marsh Institute research on coastal risks and climate-change adaptation

The vulnerability of coastal communities is gaining urgent attention in the face of climate change and devastating weather-related flooding and erosion. Clark University Professor of Economics Robert Johnston, director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University, is leading vital research into the environmental and economic impacts of coastal hazards and adaptation along Northeast…
How did the Clarkies catheterize a frog?

It sounds like the setup for an old joke: “How does a Clark biology student catheterize a frog?” And you all know the answer: “Very carefully.” Faye Harwell ’15, a Carlson Summer Intern/Fellow, and fifth-year student Hannah Diebboll ’14 are indeed conducting this delicate procedure as part of their efforts to determine the effects of climate…
Sustainability Hub will bring new energy to Clark neighborhood

The empty storefront at 912 Main St. was once a restaurant called Scarlet O’Hara’s that was gone with the wind years ago. The 2,200-square-foot space will have new life this fall, when National Grid opens the Sustainability Hub, which will offer innovative energy solutions through hands-on demonstrations of “smart” meters, interactive displays on smart grid…
Clark is first Mass. school to commit to ‘real food’ purchasing

Clark University President David Angel has signed a pledge that the university will have 20 percent “real food” by 2020. This commitment is part of a national campaign coordinated by the Real Food Challenge, an organization that works with colleges and universities across the country to shift spending in cafeterias toward more locally produced, sustainably grown, humane,…
What’s eating Mark Bittman?

The food editorialist, Clark class of ’71, offers a sane response to an American diet flirting with madness