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Earth & Environment

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Life Sciences

For 50 Years, BU’s Lawford Anderson Has Been Helping Students Unlock the Secrets of Earth’s Rocky Materials

April 25, 2025

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Things-to-do

Earth Day at BU: Green Thumbs Welcome, Enthusiasm Encouraged

April 3, 2025

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Climate Change

How Is Climate Change Affecting New England?

March 12, 2025

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Environment

How and Why the LA Wildfires Grew So Fast—and Lessons for the Future

January 16, 2025

Photo: Emma Daily (GRS’28) spoke at a side event at the COP 29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November. Photo by Jianwei Li

Science & Technology

BU Students Find Hope at COP29 UN Climate Summit

December 5, 2024

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Student Life

BU Undergrad Helps Hurricane Victims as a Red Cross Volunteer

October 18, 2024

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Earth

Vermont Will Charge Big Oil for Past Climate Change. Should Massachusetts Follow?

July 12, 2024

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Birding

A Birder’s Guide to Boston University

May 8, 2024

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Environment

As We Celebrate Earth Day, a Reminder of What Cannot Be Recycled at BU

April 19, 2024

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Campus & Facilities

Reimagining Cummington Mall

April 18, 2024

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Weekender

The Weekender: April 18 to 21

April 17, 2024

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Things-to-do

BU’s Earth Day Celebrations

April 5, 2024

Photo: Adriana Craciun, a CAS professor of English, outside Mine 3, a shuttered coal mine near Longyearbyen in Svalbard. A white woman bundled up in black winter gear stands and poses in front of an old coal railway in a snowy landscape. Snowy mountains can be seen in the distance.

Arctic Classes

Two New BU Classes to Offer a Wider, Deeper Look at the Arctic

December 1, 2023

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QUESTROM

BU Dual Master’s Program Aims to Produce Graduates Versed in Environmental Science—and the Economics of Climate Change

September 11, 2023

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Listen Now

Today I Learned: Boston’s topography was shaped by glaciers more than 20,000 years ago

May 30, 2023

Things-to-do

The Weekender: April 20 to 23

April 19, 2023

Photo:Joshita Manohar (CAS’240, left, and Esther Gilbert (CAS’22) look through their poster options at the Happy Cactus gifts tents during BU’s annual Earth Day Festival not he GSU Plaza. A young South Asian woman wearing a tan jacket and a young Asian woman wearing a black jacket smile as they look through posters. Next to them, a large variety of green plants is displayed.

Earth Day Preview

How BU Honors Earth Day, Every Day

April 6, 2023

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Gotlieb Center

How BU Helped Modern-Day Explorers Find a Lost Treasure on a Remote Glacier

March 29, 2023

Photo: Rescuers and residents search through the rubble of collapsed buildings in the town of Harem near the Turkish border, Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Overhead shot of collapsed building, rubble, and people.

Earthquake Relief

A List: How You Can Help Earthquake Victims and Families in Turkey and Syria

February 9, 2023

Photo: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an older tan man with grey hair and mustache, tours the site of destroyed buildings during his visit to the city of Kahramanmaras in southeast Turkey, two days after the severe earthquake that hit the region. Rescuers and people can be seen behind him standing and working through large piles of rubble and debris.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Erdoğan’s Response to Earthquake Leaves Turkish People Feeling Abandoned—Again

February 9, 2023

POV: Erdoğan’s Response to Earthquake Leaves Turkish People Feeling Abandoned—Again