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Climate Change and the Environment

Drawing on our expertise in environmental sciences and through our transnational partnerships, A&S faculty and students are driving new solutions to extreme weather events, food insecurity and public health crises. We also work to translate the science into actionable knowledge and practical policies to support resiliency and adaptation locally and around the globe.

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Melissa Chipman holding a freshly extracted sediment core from an Alaskan Lake.

(May 19, 2023)

Testing Boreal Forests’ Blood Pressure

A&S professor Melissa Chipman was awarded National Science Foundation grant funding to study the ancient geochemistry of Arctic forests to understand interactions between boreal fire and climate change.

Students sitting at a table writing.

(March 28, 2023)

Uniting the Community in the Pursuit of Environmental Justice

The Environmental Storytelling Series of CNY brings together faculty, students and local community partners to address the climate crisis through creative outlets.

Aerial view of the study region in the Argentine Andes.

(March 3, 2023)

Rare Isotopes Help Unlock Mysteries in the Argentine Andes

Researchers from Syracuse University’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences published a study documenting erosion rates in the Andes Mountains.

East Antarctic Ice sheet flowing through the Transantarctic Mountains.

(Jan. 23, 2023)

Rock-Solid Data: Friendship Helps Lead to Discovery of Tectonic History of Subglacial Antarctica

Paul Fitzgerald and a longtime friend-turned-scientific-collaborator published the study in Nature Communications.

Physics Professor Lisa Manning leading a discussion at the Convergence Accelerator workshop in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

(Dec. 23, 2022)

Nature-Inspired Designs Could Offer Solutions for Global Challenges

Syracuse physics professor is leading an effort to translate research into real-world applications.

Illustration of a shrub covering a rock.

(Dec. 21, 2022)

Researchers Reject 30-year-old Paradigm: The Emergence of Forests Did Not Reduce the Amount of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere

According to new research from a team of earth scientists including EES Professor Christopher Junium, smaller plants may have reduced carbon dioxide levels on Earth before the evolution of large forests.

Cattle grazing in grasslands.

(Nov. 18, 2022)

Helping Ranchers Learn from the Wild

A new USDA grant funds Mark Ritchie’s research exploring how more ranchers could raise climate-friendly beef.

Summer storm developing over desert regions of Great Basin

(Nov. 10, 2022)

Using Monsoons of the Past to Predict Climate Conditions of the Future

A team of researchers used ancient climate data to predict how the summer monsoon may change in the North American southwest.

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