Sustainability Themes, such as Climate + Energy, cut across all specializations—and give students and partners a chance to dig deeper in a particular area of impact and interest. Explore how our teaching, research and engagement is making an impact to tackle these global challenges.

Changing the game in planetary carbon emissions

Climate change, one of the greatest challenges facing society, requires large-scale implementation of both mitigation and adaptation strategies. Transforming the energy system through supply and demand changes is critical to address this challenge, as well as other threats from our largely fossil-based economy.

Our community responds to this challenge by working to provide energy solutions for stable climate systems. That’s the SEAS approach.

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CLIMATE + ENERGY PLAYLIST

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Study: Tree diversity increases storage of carbon and nitrogen in forest soils, mitigating climate change

A new study from the Institute for Global Change Biology at SEAS found that preserving the diversity of forests assures their productivity and potentially increases the accumulation of carbon and nitrogen in the soil, which helps to sustain soil fertility and mitigate global climate change.

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