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Exploring the ecological impact of Himalayan prayer flags

March 12, 2024

Yale ISM recently hosted a group of scholars and practitioners whose work focuses on the ecological impact of Buddhist prayer flags in the Himalayan region.

Clinton, Shear, and Steyer to keynote Yale Innovation Summit

March 8, 2024

Taking place May 29-30, the summit will feature addresses on AI, health, and climate innovation from Chelsea Clinton, Emmett Shear ’05, and Tom Steyer ’79.

The livestock industry and climate obstruction

March 8, 2024

A new Yale co-led study investigates how the livestock industry has shaped public policy and discourse about its climate change impacts.

Greening global trade: A reform agenda for a sustainable future

March 6, 2024

In a new video, Yale’s Daniel C. Esty discusses how changes to the global trade system can help achieve a sustainable future.

Preparing urban leaders for climate challenges

March 5, 2024

Yale School of the Environment’s new online certificate program seeks to help urban policymakers and practitioners implement innovative climate solutions.

An inside look at beech tree disease

March 4, 2024

A new Yale-led study found differences at the cellular level of leaves from infected beech trees — variations that may account for tree mortality.

With climate targets in mind, Yale gets ‘zero carbon ready’

February 26, 2024

Yale is preparing for a future where every campus building will be able to meet its needs for cooling, heating, and electricity without the use of fossil fuels.

Meet the FAS faculty: John Carlson

February 26, 2024

Yale biologist John Carlson studies the molecules, cells, and circuits which control smell, taste, and pheromone recognition in fruit flies and mosquitoes.

Graeme Berlyn, professor of forest management and physiology of trees

February 22, 2024

Berlyn, a world-renowned expert on the anatomy and physiology of plants and trees who taught at YSE for more than 60 years, died Feb. 16. He was 90.

Examining a century of change in a New York City urban forest

February 21, 2024

A Yale study of data collected from New York’s Thain Family Forest could help guide regional approaches to forest management.