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‘Not all is lost’ in climate change fight after Supreme Court limits EPA’s regulatory power

News@Northeastern spoke to Alexandra Meise, associate teaching professor of law at Northeastern, about the implications of the high court’s ruling for federal regulatory agencies and the collective ability to respond to the threat of climate change.

by Tanner Stening June 30, 2022

Northeastern student probes environmental changes in spartina grass, salt marsh hero

A holder of Margaret A. Davidson Graduate fellowship, Northeastern doctoral candidate Johanna L’Heureux is conducting experiments that look at the role sea level rise and nutrient runoff play in determining whether spartina grass stores carbon dioxide in the soil—or releases increasing amounts into the atmosphere of a warming world.

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert June 29, 2022

Auroop Ganguly works in his lab in Forsyth building. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Northeastern professor studies latest ozone hole science for UN panel

The United Nations Environmental Programme has invited Auroop Ganguly, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University, to review the latest research on efforts to close the ozone hole. The review takes place every four years as part of the landmark Montreal Protocol.

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert June 28, 2022

02/27/18 - BOSTON, MA. - Aron Stubbins poses for a portrait on Feb. 27, 2018. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

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 causing global warming.

by Allie Nicodemo March 14, 2018

The environmental impact of anesthetic gases

Civil and environmental engineering professor Matthew Eckelman delivered the results of an anesthetic-drug life-cycle assessment to the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology last week.

by Angela Herring May 22, 2012

greenhouse gases

‘Not all is lost’ in climate change fight after Supreme Court limits EPA’s regulatory power

Northeastern student probes environmental changes in spartina grass, salt marsh hero

Northeastern professor studies latest ozone hole science for UN panel

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

The environmental impact of anesthetic gases

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