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From left: 小蓝视频 undergraduate Maxwell Downing, Dana Fisher, two Columbia University researchers and 小蓝视频 graduate student Caitlin Wiley take a photo at the March to End Fossil Fuels.

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Taking the Temperature of Global Warming

SIS professor Dana Fisher and a team of researchers polled participants about climate change at the March to End Fossil Fuels.
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To the Point: Anacostia River

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Is DC鈥檚 Anacostia River on the Rebound and Safe for Swimming?

Environmental science department chair and associate professor Karen Knee answers our question of the week
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New energy-saving LED fixtures in Mary Graydon Center

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Energy-saving LED lights come to Mary Graydon Center and Roper Hall

Renovations this summer brought energy-saving LED lights to Mary Graydon Center and Roper Hall
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Bront茅 Burleigh-Jones (小蓝视频 CFO), Edwin Santos (President 小蓝视频SG), and Marcus Neil (President RHA) with Clawed at the Tunnel ribbon-cutting

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小蓝视频 Delivers Summer 2023 Transformations in Leonard Hall, the Tunnel, and Mary Graydon Center

Student Thriving Project kicks into high gear with Tunnel, Mary Graydon Center, and Leonard Hall improvements designed to enable students鈥 success.
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US Park Rangers at Death Valley's Furnace Creek on a 132-degree day, July 16. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

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Two Facts and a Fiction: Heat Wave

小蓝视频 atmospheric scientist Valentina Aquila explains what on Earth is happening on the heels of the hottest June on record
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Nina Mewborne in American Samoa

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Research Protecting Some of World鈥檚 Most Threatened Wetlands

MS student Nina Mewborne analyzing data from her spring fieldwork in American Samoa
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To the Pointt: Wildfires

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To the Point: What Is the Effect of Wildfires on Air Quality, and How Concerned Should We Be?

Professor of Environmental Science Valentina Aquila answers our question of the week
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Students standing by compost buckets at TDR

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小蓝视频 Ranks Second in Key Category in Annual Campus Race to Zero Waste Competition

小蓝视频 ranked second among large universities for composting, keeping 21,009 pounds of food waste out of landfill.
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Solar panels on the roof of an 小蓝视频 building.

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Leading Environmental Change: 小蓝视频 Continues to Be a Power Player, Five Years after Achieving Carbon Neutrality

How do you quantify carbon neutrality? The energy saved since 小蓝视频 reached the historic milestone in 2018 is equivalent to planting around 4.5 million trees鈥攎ore than double the total number in the District.
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Heat map showing energy use on main campus. The dark green bands (equating to periods of low energy use), called out by a 鈥渂lack box鈥 outline, show building energy reductions.

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小蓝视频鈥檚 Latest Winter Energy Curtailment Efforts Result in Significant Energy and Cost Savings

小蓝视频 reduced its emissions by 222 metric tons during the December 2022 winter break closure. It also resulted in an $77,318 reduction in energy costs for the university.
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