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Better planning might have limited flood damage in Brazil. But would it have been enough?

by Molly Callahan
Health

Does China’s response to the coronavirus outbreak reflect lessons learned from SARS?

by Ian Thomsen
Science & Technology

Stony coral tissue loss disease is sweeping through Caribbean reefs. Can these students find the answers?

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Science & Technology

New stable isotope analysis questions the origin of black carbon in the ocean

by Roberto Molar Candanosa

What can the Pacific Gas and Electric blackouts over the California wildfire risk teach us about the future of power grids?

by Aria Bracci

How do we solve the global refugee crisis, climate change, fake news, and other complex problems facing the world today?

by Molly Callahan
Arts & Entertainment

Northeastern professor’s new public art installations throughout New England bring climate change home

by Molly Callahan

What works–and what doesn’t–when it comes to coping with climate change on the coasts of Hong Kong, Malaysia, and the Gulf of Maine

by Laura Castañón
Professors pose at art exhibit

Northeastern professors question evidence and reality in collaborative art exhibit at Boston Cyberarts

by Aria Bracci
Photo of coral reef

Northeastern marine science professor Kathleen Lotterhos says U.N. ocean and cryosphere report poses evolutionary challenges for marine life.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa
Climate change activists participate in an environmental demonstration as part of a global youth-led day of action, Friday Sept. 20, 2019, in New York. A wave of climate change protests swept across the globe Friday, with hundreds of thousands of young people sending a message to leaders headed for a U.N. summit: The warming world can't wait for action. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Could the youth who organized global climate strike be uniquely positioned to influence world leaders?

by Laura Castañón
“I think the best thing journalists can do in their reporting on climate change is to make it more human,” says Ysabelle Kempe, a journalism student at Northeastern. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
Society & Culture

Journalism student Ysabelle Kempe took Humans of New York approach to document the effects of climate change in six US states

by Irvin Zhang