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Caroline Buckee explains her team's extreme-heat research in India.
Harvard researchers sponsored by the Salata Institute are using environmental sensors and wearable devices to track the health impacts of extreme heat on women working in India's informal sector. Caroline Buckee, professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, explains.
Thu, Mar 27, 2025
Harvard professors simulate and study Phoenix heat emergency
Extreme heat is the top weather-related killer in the United States. Harvard Medical School faculty are testing a new simulation exercise to help cities prepare for a changing climate.
Wed, Mar 12, 2025
Unraveling coastal sea level changes since 1900 with Sonke Dangendorf
This week, the Climate Adaptation in the Gulf of Guinea Cluster held a workshop entitled, "Resilient Coasts: Sustainable Frameworks for Climate Adaptation in the Gulf of Guinea." The Cluster is considering climate adaptation strategies to coastal erosion in Abidjan, Accra, and Lagos that would be technically feasible, that could be implemented, and that would garner political support. The strategies include coastal defense to protect high value stretches of the coast; livelihood protection in situ, examining how to make coastal communities floodable but functional; and livelihood protection ex situ, the option of voluntary non-temporary resettlement of vulnerable coastal populations, either with or without compensation. An analysis of past and future sea level rise across the Gulf of Guinea and probabilistic projections of sea level change to 2100 CE will inform the Cluster’s understanding of the social and economic risks of erosion and flooding on six different vulnerable communities in these cities.
Wed, Dec 4, 2024
Frontline clinics across the United States say climate change is disrupting care
As climate change makes extreme weather events like hurricanes, wildfires, and heat waves more frequent and intense, frontline health clinics around the country report that extreme weather is disrupting care delivery, and staff and providers say they are motivated to use resources that help improve clinic and patient preparedness.
Tue, Nov 26, 2024
Interview | Unpredictable rains erode food security gains
Earth and Planetary Sciences Department Chair Peter Huybers describes how changes to seasonal rainfall patterns hurt people facing food shortages.
Mon, Nov 18, 2024
Climate Questions: Satchit Balsari on Hurricanes & Human Health
Satchit Balsari, Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Co-Director of CrisisReady, speaks to the impacts of hurricanes on human health and displacement and what can be expected as the recovery progresses.
Mon, Oct 28, 2024
Climate Questions: Loretta J. Mickley on Wildfire Smoke
The Park Fire in California has become the 5th largest wildfire in the state's history. The path and trajectory of smoke from wildfires like this one can have serious and lasting impacts on human health. We asked Harvard wildfire expert Loretta Mickley to tell us more about how scientists predict where wildfire smoke is going to end up.
Mon, Oct 28, 2024
Climate Questions: Satchit Balsari on Hurricanes & Human Health
Satchit Balsari, Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Co-Director of CrisisReady, speaks to the impacts of hurricanes on human health and displacement and what can be expected as the recovery progresses.
Thu, Oct 24, 2024
Don’t ignore local communities: How grid projects get stuck
Stephen Ansolabehere explains why electricity transport projects take so long to build, the subject of his expansive new study.
Wed, Jun 5, 2024
Bringing climate change into medical school
Health professionals are on the frontlines of climate change. A global leader in medical education describes how to ensure they are prepared.
Wed, May 29, 2024
Applications Open: Burke Climate and Health Fellowship
Apply by May 31 for the Burke Climate and Health Fellowship, offered by the Harvard Global Health Initiative and the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University.
Fri, Apr 26, 2024