Julie Beth Zimmerman, newly appointed as the Donna L. Dubinsky Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, is a leading expert on green chemistry and engineering and on policy design for the advancement of sustainability.Julie Beth ZimmermanHer...
F. Herbert Bormann, an ecologist at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) who along with Gene Likens discovered acid rain in North America, died on June 7 in North Branford. He was 90.Bormann joined the faculty at Yale in 1966...
How can we control carbon dioxide levels and slow climate change? The first step is understanding how CO2 has been absorbed and released in the earth’s soil and oceans over millions of years. Yale geochemist Noah Planavsky and his lab are leading new...
At the heart of almost every discussion of climate change, there is carbon. It accumulates in the atmosphere — produced primarily by the burning of fossil fuels — and if left unchecked it may lead to catastrophic consequences for life on Earth.
Humanity’s...
