Sustainability science is an emerging field of academic research. Sustainability scientists focus on understanding and addressing the complex interactions between humans and the natural world from an ...

As an environmental science major, you'll learn how to use chemistry, calculus, statistics and other disciplines to understand and improve the environment. Typical courses and labs cover ecology, ...

Climate change represents one of humanity’s most significant existential threats, adversely impacting ecosystems, human health, and social systems globally. Recent studies highlight how climate change ...

Most environmental issues in the news today, while manifested in biophysical realities, are ultimately linked to historically-rooted, economic, political and cultural drivers that shape power ...

Environmental scientist and sustainability expert Jonathan Foley, PhD, will deliver this year’s Campus Sustainability Lecture on Oct. 23. The lecture, titled “Drawdown — A Science-Based, Hopeful Plan ...

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Near the end of the Reagan-Bush era, in 1991, the Gallup poll showed more than three-fourths of all Americans — 78% — identified themselves as environmentalists. Nearly 40% called themselves “strong ...

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