Environment

Throughout the university, there are faculty, students, and staff fully engaged in analyzing the geophysical forces at play in global warming.

President Peter Salovey has formed a task force to review and propose new ambitious and transformative goals for Yale’s Climate Action initiative.

Dean Takahashi will direct the Yale Carbon Offset Laboratory, a multidisciplinary initiative to develop solutions to the challenge of climate change.

New research led by YSPH finds that the number of studies on how environmental disasters affect mental health has increased dramatically, with similar findings.

The climate change-induced slowing of the Atlantic Ocean’s main circulation system may be mitigated thanks to a little help from the Indian Ocean.

The life of the late Diekmann, a tireless conservationist, was celebrated by his Yale Swimming teammates with a climb to the top of a peak named in his honor.

The event covered environmental considerations, from the creation of art out of dead trees to the shortfall of affordable energy-efficient housing in Chicago.

A new study by archaeologists shows that humans were transforming the Earth much earlier than previously thought.

Science writer Rowan Jacobsen will speak on “the nature of nature” during a talk at the Whitney Humanities Center on Thursday, Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Each plan outlines a set of goals and corresponding actions related to climate action, materials and waste, food, health and wellbeing, and more.