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55 results for "In the news"

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Econometrics and Climate

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A profile on Burbank Professor of Political Economy James Stock Jim Stock’s nearly two decades of work on environmental issues—everything from journal articles on temperature variation to his new freshman seminar on “The U.S. Energy Revolution and its...

Goodbye to the Climate

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Op-ed written by ESPP Board of Tutors professor Robert Stavins discusses the implications of Donald Trump’s victory on climate policy. By Robert N. Stavins Donald J. Trump once tweeted that “the concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese...

The Long Memory of the Pacific Ocean

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A paper, co-authored by ESPP Board of Tutors Professor Peter Huybers, shows historical cooling periods are still playing out in the deep Pacific By Leah Burrows, SEAS Communications The ocean has a long memory. When the water in today’s deep Pacific Ocean...

President Bacow Reviews Harvard Climate Actions

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In a letter to the community this afternoon addressing climate change, President Lawrence S. Bacow described what “Harvard has done and will do to ensure that our community is fully engaged in the critical work ahead.” The appearance of such a letter was...

Sustainability Celebration Marks Harvard’s Accomplishments

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To commemorate the celebration, ESPP student Jack Smith '19, a skilled woodturner, crafted serving spoons and a bowl for President Faust from trees that had to be cut down around the campus Why did Harvard adopt its first science-based goal to reduce...

Five-Minute Warnings

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Video project by HUCE channels wide range of climate change knowledge at Harvard, including the perspectives of many ESPP Board of Tutors members By Al Powell, Harvard Staff Writer We ignore the worst estimates of climate change — catastrophic warming...

Worrisome Growth Pattern

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Researchers, including ESPP Board of Tutors member Andrew Richardson, connect earlier spring to climate change By Peter Reuell, Harvard Staff Writer Every spring, as the weather warms, trees up and down the East Coast explode in a display of bright green...

‘Chasing Ice,’ and Searching for Solutions

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Harvard climate scientist use retreating glaciers as platform for HUCE co-sponsored discussion By Colin Durrant, Harvard Staff Writer Read the Harvard Gazette article “Sometimes you go out over the horizon and you don’t come back,” says photographer James...

Studying Energy, Environment

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Harvard adds secondary field where undergrads can study climate change By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer A major Antarctic ice sheet has begun a slow, inexorable slide into the sea, scientists said this week. A government report said last week that...

Solve Ocean’s Troubles and Climate Change Too?

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Panel discussion honoring James McCarthy brings experts and innovative ideas to campus The pollution, acidification, and warming plaguing the world’s oceans are often seen as intractable as climate change and as important to resolve. But Jane Lubchenco...

Global Dilemma

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With an eye on the U.N. Climate Summit, environmental economist Robert Stavins shares his thoughts on priorities leaders should set in working toward next international agreement By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer First, do no harm. As world leaders...