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To the Point: Extreme Weather

Science ·

Hurricanes, Wildfires and Heat Waves: Is Extreme Weather Our New Normal?

Professor Stephen MacAvoy answers our question of the week
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Jonathan Craig

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Student Research on Impacts of Pollution and Climate Change

Environmental Science students are working this summer to better understand forces harming ecosystems
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èßäÉçÇøapp Park Rangers at Death Valley's Furnace Creek on a 132-degree day, July 16. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Environment ·

Two Facts and a Fiction: Heat Wave

AU 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 èßäÉçÇøapp Samoa

Environment ·

Research Protecting Some of World’s Most Threatened Wetlands

MS student Nina Mewborne analyzing data from her spring fieldwork in èßäÉçÇøapp Samoa
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Air bubbles under water

Science ·

Deep Sea Exploration May Hold Clues to Climate Warming, Origins of Life, and More

Professor of Environmental Science Stephen MacAvoy shares his expertise on research in the deep sea, one of the greatest unexplored scientific frontiers
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Prof. Michael Alonzo, assistant professor, environmental science

Research ·

‘Shoebox’ Satellites Help Scientists Understand Trees and Global Warming

New research from èßäÉçÇøapp University examines the relationship between urban heat and the start and end of trees’ growing seasons
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To the Pointt: Wildfires

Environment ·

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

Environment ·

AU Ranks Second in Key Category in Annual èßäÉçÇøapp Race to Zero Waste Competition

AU 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 AU building.

Environment ·

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

How do you quantify carbon èßäÉçÇøapp? The energy saved since AU reached the historic milestone in 2018 is equivalent to planting around 4.5 million trees—more than double the total number in the District.
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Gemma Puglisi's PR Capstone students hold events to spread awareness on The Climate, Inc. for AU Beautification Day

Communications ·

PR Students Use Strategic Savvy and Shovels to Stop Climate Change

PR students work with The Climate, Inc. on its newest Trillion Tree Campaign by planting trees across campus for AU Beautification Day.
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