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A green energy facility featuring solar panels, wind turbines, and a building with a prominent recycling symbol on the roof
September 9, 2024
Sustainability & Environment
Faculty & Research

Research Initiative Aims to Cut Computing’s Carbon Footprint by 45 Percent

A multi-institutional research initiative has been awarded $12 million over five years by the U.S. National Science Foundation for its “potential to revolutionize computing and make significant impacts in reducing the carbon footprint of the lifecycle of computers.”

A globe composed of healthy foods with a stethoscope on top
July 15, 2024
Science & Health
Sustainability & Environment
Faculty & Research

Good for the Planet, Good for Our Health

A large study led by Harvard Chan School researchers found that people who closely followed the Planetary Health Diet—which emphasizes minimally processed whole grains and vegetables but allows for some meat and dairy—significantly lowered their risk of premature death while also reducing their carbon footprint.

Exterior view of Langdell Hall at Harvard Law School
July 15, 2024
Philanthropy
Sustainability & Environment

Gift Launches Emmett Environmental Law Center

A new gift from Dan Emmett JD ’64 and the Emmett Foundation will expand and enhance Harvard Law School’s work in environmental law and create a first-of-its-kind environmental law moot court.

Aerial view of homes along a shoreline
July 15, 2024
Sustainability & Environment
Faculty & Research

Donor Funds Project to Explore Ways to Slow Sea Level Rise

Can sea level rise be slowed? A new Harvard project called Sea Level Investigation and Management (SLIM), made possible by a generous gift from Cornelius “Neil” Prior Jr. LLB ’62, aims to find out.

Benton Taylor surrounded by small potted plants
July 15, 2024
Sustainability & Environment
Faculty & Research

Testing the Limits of Plants

By studying ecosystems from the Arctic to the tropics, Arnold Arboretum faculty fellow Benton Taylor aims to find out if plants will absorb enough carbon in the future to offset human activity.

A hand wearing a black glove holds two small planes of glass with an iridescent greenish material between. Part of the space between the panes has become transparent.
July 15, 2024
Sustainability & Environment
Faculty & Research

A Window into Better Buildings

Inspired by how some animals use their skin to regulate body temperature, the lab of Harvard chemistry professor Joanna Aizenberg is developing ways to use a building’s exterior to control indoor climates.

Exterior of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health building
July 15, 2024
Sustainability & Environment

New Concentration to Focus on Climate Change and Planetary Health

The Climate Change and Planetary Health concentration will help students at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health understand the consequences of the planetary health crisis, including the effects on food, water, air, extreme weather events, heat, migration, and political stability and their subsequent impacts on infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, nutrition, and mental health.

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July 15, 2024
Science & Health
Sustainability & Environment
Faculty & Research

Just What the Doctor Ordered

Harvard assistant professor and physician Garaub Basu is collaborating with students, clinicians, and leaders to embed climate change into medical curricula and continuing medical education.

A gas-lit flame burns on a natural gas stove
July 15, 2024
Science & Health
Sustainability & Environment

Harvard Chan School Study Links Gas Stoves to Childhood Asthma

Air pollution from gas and propane stoves has caused about 50,000 current cases of childhood asthma nationwide, and people living in smaller homes are more likely to be affected, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard and Stanford Universities.

Thomas Lee
July 15, 2024
Students
Sustainability & Environment

A Seismic Discovery

For his dissertation, Thomas Lee AB ’19, PhD ’24 examined how historical microseisms—faint earth tremors recorded when storm waves crash onshore—might help predict future hurricanes.

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