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Earth Commons Professor Uses Physics and Climate Modeling to Understand Emissions

Earth Commons Professor Uses Physics and Climate Modeling to Understand Emissions

By Camille Vandeveer February 1, 2024

Georgetown University’s department of physics hosted a talk titled “Watching the Earth Breathe from Space: What Glowing Plants Tell Us About the Global Carbon Cycle,” on Jan. 23 as part of their...

NASA Geography Expert Talks Climate-Friendly Farming in Africa

NASA Geography Expert Talks Climate-Friendly Farming in Africa

By Marwa Katir February 1, 2024

Georgetown University’s Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA) program hosted the Loewy Lecture in Technology and International Affairs on Jan. 25, featuring a presentation about the impact...

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Speak At Doomsday Clock Town Hall

By Anna Lim January 26, 2024

The experts who set the Doomsday Clock, a symbol forewarning imminent global destruction, shared insight on their decision to program the clock for 2024 at Georgetown University’s Doomsday Clock Town...

Eco-Health and Equity | How D.C.’s Rising Rainfall Levels Impacts its Disadvantaged Populations

Eco-Health and Equity | How D.C.’s Rising Rainfall Levels Impacts its Disadvantaged Populations

By Naya Karam September 13, 2023

By this point, people have recognized the harm that climate change is causing on our planet. Every corner of the Earth is being ravaged by the effects of this environmental catastrophe. The effects of...

Faces of Climate Change Exhibition Raises Awareness of Climate Crisis

Faces of Climate Change Exhibition Raises Awareness of Climate Crisis

By Hayley Young April 29, 2023

The Georgetown Environmental Justice Program (EJP) hosted a global photography contest’s photo exhibition in the Intercultural Center (ICC) Galleria from April 17 to 22. The annual photo contest,...

Georgetown University | In his visit to campus March 30, renowned author Amitav Ghosh spoke about his newest book, “The Nutmeg’s Curse”.

Renowned Author Amitav Ghosh Advocates for Environmental Literature

By Saba Nia April 13, 2023

“Who sings for the nutmeg?”  The question, posed by author and activist Amitav Ghosh to a crowd of 200 at Georgetown University on March 30, characterizes the writer’s desire to share stories...

IPCC | The United Nations recently released the AR6 Synthesis Report,  detailing scientists' concerns over the rise in global temperatures.

Latest UN Climate Change Report Warns of Assured Environmental Devastation from Fossil Fuels

By Anna Tsioulias April 13, 2023

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations (U.N.) body that assesses climate change science, published last month a comprehensive report on our current knowledge of the climate. Across...

Shreyaa Venkat/Commission on the Status of Women Youth Forum | The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace & Security co-sponsored several side events at the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), and Shreyaa Venkat (SOH '24) was part of the CSW Youth Forum.

Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security Holds Conference Series at the UN

By Kate Loughran March 19, 2023

The Georgetown University Institute for Women, Peace, and Security (GIWPS) co-sponsored events focused on gender equality and climate change at the 67th session of the United Nations’ Commission on...

EDITORIAL: Sustainability Is Unsustainable Without Communication

EDITORIAL: Sustainability Is Unsustainable Without Communication

By The Editorial Board March 19, 2023

March 15, 2023 — aside from being a day of Caesarian infamy — marked one year since Georgetown University administration began meetings to strategize new long-term improvements to campus sustainability.  A...

The Intersection | Help Historically Redlined Neighborhoods Go Green

The Intersection | Help Historically Redlined Neighborhoods Go Green

By Keerthana Ramanathan March 16, 2023

Climate change poses an existential threat to life on earth as we know it. Largely driven by fossil fuel use, greenhouse gases have reached the highest level they have ever been in 4.5 billion years....

Art Meets Science in Rebecca Rutstein’s Immersive Exhibits

Art Meets Science in Rebecca Rutstein’s Immersive Exhibits

By Camille Vandeveer March 15, 2023

While on board a research vessel in the Galápagos Islands, Rebecca Rutstein sailed alongside oceanographers trailing through a hurricane to map the ocean floor. But unlike the scientists on board, Rutstein...

‘Environmental Graphiti’ on Campus Depicts Science on Climate Change

‘Environmental Graphiti’ on Campus Depicts Science on Climate Change

By Camille Vandeveer February 22, 2023

Across campus, a new series of art installments is combining art and science to spark dialogue about climate change issues.  Artist Alisa Singer’s “Environmental Graphiti” is bringing science,...

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