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Northeastern, Nature Conservancy team up to tackle climate change, save coastal cities

The partnership will include the creation of a position for a postdoctoral fellow who will work to help save coastal communities from the effects of…

by Sophia Fox-Sowell August 8, 2018

What’s your carbon footprint? You probably have no idea

Most Americans who want to diet can guess how many calories there are in a hamburger. But do people who want to reduce their impact…

by Lia Petronio June 6, 2018

Renewable energy needs better batteries. This Northeastern professor is trying to build one.

People want batteries that have long life cycles, produce high energy, and don’t cost a lot. But no existing battery can deliver more than two…

by Allie Nicodemo June 1, 2018

‘There is enough wind energy capacity off the east coast to power the entire country’

While countries in Northern Europe have been using wind energy for more than two decades, the United States hasn’t invested much in the technology. But…

by Allie Nicodemo May 30, 2018

The coldest rivers on Earth may hold clues about a warming globe

New faculty member Aron Stubbins studies how carbon moves off the land into rivers, where it eventually gets converted into carbon dioxide-a greenhouse gas that's…

by Allie Nicodemo March 14, 2018

Students tackle public health, climate change, LGBT rights on Alternative Spring Break

Students are volunteering in nine states and six countries this week as part of the Center of Community Service’s Alternative Spring Break program. “Tying to…

by Jason Kornwitz March 6, 2018

Supercolony of penguins discovered using Northeastern researcher’s drone system

Using an autonomous aerial drone system developed by Northeastern professor Hanumant Singh, researchers have discovered a colony of more than 1,500,000 Adélie Penguins on the…

by Allie Nicodemo March 2, 2018

Risks of manipulating the global thermostat

As with most things in life, there’s no quick fix for climate change. Still, some scientists are pushing for research on high-tech climate engineering solutions.

by Allie Nicodemo December 12, 2017

Professor finds passion in energy justice law

In 2009, Shalanda Baker left her job as a project finance lawyer at a big global law firm and booked a one-way ticket to Latin…

by Jason Kornwitz November 8, 2017

Study finds organic soil captures, holds more carbon

Over the past nine years, Northeastern scientists Geoffrey Davies and Elham Ghabbour have been getting their hands dirty, analyzing soil samples from nearly every state…

by Allie Nicodemo October 3, 2017