Postdoctoral researcher Amir Baniassadi works with doctors, architects, and engineers to assess how buildings could be designed to better protect the elderly from heat as global temperatures rise.
Inspired by a friend’s case of mercury poisoning and a recent oil spill in Ohio, students at the Harvard Graduate School of Design have developed a 3D-printed device—dubbed “TINA”—that can remove heavy metals from contaminated rivers and lakes by expediting a naturally occurring bacterial process.
Naomi Oreskes, Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science and affiliated professor of earth and planetary sciences at Harvard, was selected for her work to expose corporate efforts to undermine the scientific consensus about human-caused climate change.
Yo-Yo Ma AB ’71, MusD ’91 partnered with climate activist Pattie Gonia and indigenous Alaskan Quinn Christopherson for “Won’t Give Up,” a song and video to inspire hope and action.
Harvard’s delegation to the COP28 climate change talks in Dubai included more than a dozen faculty representing six Harvard Schools and the wide range of disciplines required to tackle the climate crisis, from public health to economics.
Harvard College junior and climate activist Angela Zhong '25 shares a first-person account of her experience attending the COP28 global climate conference in Dubai.
Seven new collaborative student projects funded through the Salata Institute Student Organization Funding Program range from a new climate justice seminar series to a University-wide network for climate and health faculty and students.
Eleanor Krause, a PhD candidate at the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, is seeking ways to mitigate the impact the declining coal industry has had in Appalachian communities as the nation shifts toward cleaner energy.
At the first Harvard-wide climate career expo, representatives from nearly 60 organizations connected with students interested in pursuing meaningful careers in climate and sustainability.
Harvard Forest researchers have co-authored a landmark report detailing how many solar projects have required the clearing of carbon-absorbing forested areas, harming nature and undercutting environmental progress.
