Climate change is threatening patient care—Here’s how clinics can adapt
An emergency doctor outlines how his team is helping clinics across America prepare for climate disasters.
Tue, Apr 22, 2025
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How Brazil’s “China cows” lower methane emissions
Because Brazilian cattle spend longer reaching market weight than cows in the U.S., they belch out more than three times as much methane for every pound of meat. Restoring degraded pastures is helping.
Mon, Apr 14, 2025
How you subsidize Big Tech with your electricity bill
Utilities are forcing consumers to fund discounts for data centers, explain two researchers at the Harvard Electricity Law Initiative.
Mon, Apr 7, 2025
Unpacking Trump’s EV policy overhaul
By modeling different proposed changes to EV policy, two Harvard economists calculate impacts on adoption, emissions, and federal spending.
Mon, Mar 31, 2025
How work, and workers, can influence heat action plans
Experts from Harvard Law School share lessons from international and interdisciplinary perspectives on heat adaptation and the climate crisis.
Thu, Mar 27, 2025
The history of heat waves reveals the urgency of adaptation
The relationship between humans and heat continues to change. Heat waves, once simply a natural phenomenon, are now a symptom of urbanization and global warming.
Thu, Mar 20, 2025
The impacts of heat on lives and livelihoods are far-reaching but poorly understood
With more data on the wide-ranging effects of heat, we can start to identify cost-effective and culturally relevant interventions for adaptation.
Fri, Mar 14, 2025
Benjamin Franklin was America’s first climate scientist
We’re not the first generation to recognize and fight climate change. But people in Franklin's day showed little hesitation discussing the problem openly.
Mon, Mar 3, 2025
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