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Climate change

A fire fighter battles a forest fire
Q+A
New climate report 'an immediate call to action'
Published Nov 28, 2018
Environmental engineer Ben Hobbs discusses the newly released National Climate Assessment report
Hurricane as seen from NASA satellites
Climate change, superstorms, and civil engineering
Published Sept 13, 2018
Two Hopkins engineers discuss the critical importance of shoring up America's infrastructure to protect from storms like Florence
Glacier and mountain
Microbiology
Microbes go dark to stay warm in cooler climates
Published Aug 2, 2018
Microbes and fungi that darken when in colder climates have better survival and may be an important variable in modeling climate change, researchers find
Sustainability
JHU to divest holdings in thermal coal
Published Dec 12, 2017
Board votes to eliminate investments in fossil fuel that contributes more climate-changing greenhouse gases per unit of electricity than any other
A young boy sits over an open sewer in the Kibera slum of Nairobi. The sewer is filled with trash and debris. The ground is packed dirt.
Global warming's disproportionate impact
Published Nov 6, 2017
Effects of climate change likely to be more deadly in poor, urban African settlements
Al Gore stands in a small wooden building and speaks to two people
Al Gore: Students can play 'huge part' in today's climate movement
Published Oct 27, 2017
Students watch follow-up to 'An Inconvenient Truth,' participate in live Q&A with former vice president
VIDEO
What Irma tells us about future hurricanes
Published Sept 8, 2017 Video
Climate modeler Anand Gnanadesikan forecasts hurricanes will become less common, more intense
City skyline silhouetted by blazing orange and yellow summer sun
Public health
3 proposals earn BAHI seed grants
Published Aug 10, 2017
Bloomberg American Health Initiative support projects addressing climate change, sexual assault
Anna Scott holds one of the sensor cubes, a white box with black grates for air intake
Climate science
Breathing easier
Published June 27, 2017
Project launched by JHU grad student records Baltimore air quality data for use by researchers, policymakers
Climate change
Hopkins reaffirms commitment to tenets of Paris accord
Published June 5, 2017
In statement, JHU's Daniels and 11 other university presidents say 'concerted action' needed on climate change