School of Climate, Environment, and Society
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Can humanity ever attain a shared ‘green’ future?
Our shared climate future, and the imperative to improve its prospects for all of us, brought together a panel of thought leaders and an audience eager to hear their perspectives at the Climate Forum in Tilton Hall on April 13.
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The climate crisis will be the focus of April 13 Clark forum
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman will moderate a panel with Mindy Lubber, CEO of Ceres, and Lou Leonard, D.J.A. Dean of the School of Climate, Environment, and Society.
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Will N.Y. and Conn. residents forgo greener, lusher lawns to protect their children and pets?
Clark economist Robert Johnston contributes to new tool aimed at curbing fertilizer ‘hot spots’ and polluted waterways
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Earth Month events will highlight Clark’s engagement with the environment
The launch year of Clark’s School of Climate, Environment, and Society will culminate in April with a campuswide celebration of Earth Month.
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Sprinting to space: Goddard, NASA, and Clark’s pathbreaking work in geospatial analytics
Robert Goddard’s groundbreaking innovation, developed in his Clark laboratory, launched the Space Age, propelling NASA’s rockets and eventually leading to the satellites that collect Earth observation data used in GIS — a field that Clark helped pioneer.
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NASA recognizes Clark’s geospatial research via recent awards, years of grant funding
Robert Goddard’s spirit of innovation lives on through NASA-funded research in the School of Climate, Environment, and Sustainability and the affiliated Clark Center for Geospatial Analytics.
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Geographer James McCarthy to be recognized with Career Award at AAG conference
Geography Professor James McCarthy will be honored with the Distinguished Career Award by the Cultural and Political Ecology (CAPE) specialty group within the American Association of Geographers.
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In Brazil’s Cerrado savanna, researchers study, model future climate change scenarios
As part of a $750,000 NASA-funded project, professors Gustavo Oliveira and Robert Gil Pontius Jr. of Clark’s School of Climate, Environment, and Society have been modeling future, competing scenarios of agricultural expansion, given climate change, in Brazil’s Cerrado, known as the region‘s ”Water Tank.”
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With AI’s assistance, researchers maximize Clark tool to reveal how our planet is changing
Working with Professor Pontius, Ph.D. student Antonio Fonseca aims to help scientists understand the ‘big picture’ in decades of land-cover data
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Students set sail for the Arctic on a VR excursion
Middle school students from Central Massachusetts embarked on a research trip to the Arctic, all while never leaving the Clark campus.