Harvard Graduate School of Design master of landscape architecture students are exploring two innovative modeling approaches: a framework for understanding spatial impacts of climate strategies over time, and a modern sand table that supports real-time simulations.
Harvard's Mittal Institute announced its first recipients of the Faculty Climate Research Grants, which are designed to foster deeper scholarly engagement on climate change in South Asia, catalyze the creation of new knowledge, and contribute to the development of sustainable solutions.
Karina Herrera AB ’13 discovered her passion for water conservation as student at the Harvard John A. Paulson School for Engineering and Applied Sciences. Now she puts that passion into practice as a senior environmental scientist for the California State Water Resources Control Board.
From developing a better way to predict and prevent wildfires, to upcycling wool waste into building insulation, to convening insurance and climate change experts to address gaps in knowledge, five new interdisciplinary projects have received funding from the Salata Institute Seed Grant Program.
Zeyneb Magavi SPH ’03 partnered with Eversource to construct the first geothermal system built by a gas utility, charting a greener course for the industry while also preserving jobs.
Through ultralight solar-powered drones that can fly in the upper atmosphere, Harvard startup Rarefied aims to dramatically improve the accuracy of climate models and weather prediction.
Earth scientist Hong Yang, musician William Cheng PhD ’12, and computer scientist Narges Mahyar—all Radcliffe fellows—blend music, data, and visuals to increase climate change awareness.
Harvard PhD student Lucrecia Aguilar is studying how biodiversity loss affects lion-human interactions, aiming to reduce conflict and ensure the survival of both big cats and community livelihoods.
Developed by Carbon Counts, a company cofounded by Michael Libenson MBA ’96 and incubated at the Harvard i-lab, EverForest is a mobile game that plants real trees on users’ behalf.
The Growth Lab at Harvard Kennedy School launched Greenplexity, an interactive tool that helps countries identify their localized opportunities for green growth by supplying what the world needs for the global energy transition.
