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Climate change

Jaime Madrigano
Research matters
How extreme heat affects America's most vulnerable
Published June 3, 2025
Federally funded research by JHU epidemiologist Jaime Madrigano aims to identify neighborhood characteristics and behavior patterns that increase vulnerability to heat
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Sustainability
New dashboard tracks environmental impact of travel across the university
Published May 20, 2025
The Travel Emissions Dashboard will guide better decision-making to help consolidate trips, choose more efficient airlines, avoid stopovers, and opt for lower-emission modes of transit where possible
A group in hard hats and yellow vests points at something in the distance while standing at a wastewater treatment plant.
Community
Designing for a wetter future
Published April 28, 2025
Environmental engineering students partner with Baltimore City to protect a major wastewater treatment plant from future climate-driven impacts
Aerial shot of the Port of Baltimore at sunset, looking across a container terminal and over industrial facilities along the quayside towards the city skyline.
21st Century Cities
Baltimore-area residents worry about effects of climate change on their lives
Published March 6, 2025
Survey data provides insight into how Baltimore-area residents feel about climate change
A firefighter battles a wildfire amid scorched brush
Q+A
Defense against future wildfires
Published Jan 30, 2025
Structural design and resilience expert Thomas Gernay says fire-resistant building designs are key to protecting communities from increasingly destructive wildfires
President's message
Published Winter 2024
Johns Hopkins University's reinforces its longstanding commitment to combating climate change with a new climate action and sustainability plan / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A vibrant sunrise in the beautiful natural surroundings of Orlando Wetlands Park in central Florida
Q+A
Microbes, not fossil fuels, biggest source of rising atmospheric methane levels
Published Nov 12, 2024
Hopkins expert Scot Miller discusses a new analysis challenging assumptions about the drivers of spiraling global methane levels
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Sustainability
EPA recognizes JHU as a leader in green power
Published Oct 23, 2024
University purchases 60% of its total power needs from green sources, No. 4 among U.S. colleges that are part of the EPA's Green Power Partnership
A blue Johns Hopkins University shuttle bus parked at an angle on a sunny day in front of green trees
Sustainability
First electric buses will hit the road in 2025
Published Oct 11, 2024
The first wave of five all-electric, fully accessible buses will operate on the Homewood-Peabody-JHMI shuttle route beginning early next year, with help from a $1.5M state grant
Tall, green trees are seen on the left of this photo and also reflected in the curve, mirrored glass facade of a campus building on the left
Sustainability
Johns Hopkins releases new Climate Action and Sustainability Plan
Published Oct 11, 2024 Video
The university's comprehensive, decadelong strategy will cut single use plastics, introduce a fully electric bus fleet, and prepare its campuses and neighbors for a warmer future