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Earth & Environment

A photo of a snow covered highway in The Woodlands, Texas. Only one or two cars are visible on the road.

Earth & Environment

Texas Deep Freeze Is a Reminder That Bad Weather Is Getting Worse

February 23, 2021

A composite of screenshots from the Marine semester video

Student Life

BU’s Marine Semester Marks 35th Anniversary

February 8, 2021

Photo of Macken Murphy (CAS’20) sitting on a rock outside and staring of into the middle distance. He wears a black headband, black button down, and has a tattoo of an anchor on his left arm.

Environment & Ecology

CAS Alum Creates a Different Species of Podcast

January 13, 2021

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Fossils

BU Student Discovers a Yet-to-Be Named Dinosaur in China

December 8, 2020

Screenshot taken of a map of the Charles River Campus. The colored sections of the map show portions of the Charles River Campus that could be flooded in 30 years, according to a new report that has grimmer predictions than federal flood models. Maps courtesy of First Street Foundation

Climate Change

Will BU Be Underwater in 30 Years?

October 14, 2020

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Earth & Environment

Students Start Comedic Environmental Podcast during Spring Quarantine

September 1, 2020

A photo of Adil Najam standing in front of a bookcase in his home with his arms crossed in front of himself

Coronavirus

#WorldAfterCorona—Adil Najam’s Crash Course on the Future

July 1, 2020

A photo of the Earth from space

Earth

BU Celebrates Earth Day Remotely This Year

April 21, 2020

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Health & Medicine

BU Researchers Heed Plea to Help Local Hospital Workers

March 24, 2020

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Astronomy

The Science behind Leap Year

February 28, 2020

A picture of vegan chorizo tacos with question marks hanging above it

Food

Fake Meats Are Hot, but Are They Healthy?

October 21, 2019

Hive Master Allie Cole (CAS'21) (left) and Danielle Dietrich (CAS'21), treasurer of for the BU Beekeepers check on one of their hives

Student Clubs

All the Buzz: Why Students Swarm to BU Beekeeping

October 15, 2019

Double exposure portrait of Paige Brochu with the Providence, Rhode Island skyline in the background.

Earth & Environment

BU’s URBAN Enables PhD Students To Study People’s Health and the Earth’s

September 24, 2019

A large crowd of people hold signs and protest during the Youth Climate Strike on City Hall Plaza, Boston.

Climate Change

BU Students and Faculty Join Global Strike for Climate Action

September 20, 2019

climate change strike

Climate Change

Everything You Need to Know about Friday’s Youth Climate Strike

September 19, 2019

Annual Sustainability Festival on Marsh Plaza

Campus Life

Annual Sustainability Festival Today on Marsh Plaza

September 19, 2019

An MBTA Green Line B Train stopped at the Boston University Central T stop on Commonwealth Ave.

Transportation

What Will It Take for BU Commuters to Switch from Cars to the MBTA?

August 28, 2019

Portrait of Anthony Janetos in his office at Boston University.

Tributes

BU Climate Change Expert Anthony Janetos, Who Spent His Career Researching the Fate of the Earth, Dead at 64

August 8, 2019

BU Climate Change Expert Anthony Janetos, Who Spent His Career Researching the Fate of the Earth, Dead at 64

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