Welcoming Dr Sasha Kramer, Dr Patrick Keys, and Dr Elizabeth Barnes!
Earth & Environment welcomes 3 new faculty members!🎉
Sasha Kramer: phytoplankton ecology, ocean color remote sensing
Patrick Keys: climate change futures, society navigation of climate crisis
Elizabeth Barnes: data-driven climate predictability, AI forecasting Earth systems
@bucds.bsky.social
Join us TODAY for our first Graduate Talk of the academic year! 🎉
We will feature Mira Kelly-Fair and Yuhe Chang, who will present their research progress. 🔎
When? Today. October 1st @ 12:20
Where? CAS 132
Food will be provided 🍴
See you there! 💚💙
Want to make a difference? Join the E&E DEI Committee. Sep 12 at 12pm-1pm in CAS 132. Open to all!
We remain committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable environment, and we want YOU to help us make a difference!
Stop by the E&E DEI Committee Open House to learn more about what the committee is working on!
📅 Friday, September 12th.
🕛 12pm-1pm
📍 CAS 132
All are welcome!
bit.ly/EEDEI
A group of smiling students in front of the "IGS" wordmark.
What's it like to be an IGS Summer Fellow? 2025 fellow Sophia Tigges says, “I have made so much progress on my research, and my ability to concentrate on my work has led my project in an unexpected and exciting direction.” More from this year's class:
www.bu.edu/igs/2025/09/...
Please welcome our new Boston University Earth and Environment graduate student cohort!
This includes:
- 6 PhD Students
- 6 MA in Earth & Environment Students
- 6 MS in Remote Sensing & Geospatial Sciences Students
- 5 MS in Energy & Environment Students
- and 2 MBA/MS Students
Welcome to E&E! 🌎
Always a popular summer spot: Nantasket Beach in Hull, Mass.
Take the T to the sea to beat the summer heat. We’ve put together a list of public beaches in the Boston area, from the North Shore to the South Shore and everywhere in between—all accessible via the MBTA.
Details ➡️ spr.ly/63321fkNCf
Asking #ArificialIntelligence a question uses ~10x the electricity of a Google search. Electricity demand is expected to surge from #AI use, at a time when #ClimateAction is crucial. @aysekivilcim.bsky.social & @cutlercleveland.bsky.social discuss AI & #climate: www.bu.edu/articles/202...
A Summer PhD Defense Recap! 🌞
Wow! This has been a momentous summer for our graduate students. 🎉
Five students successfully defended their PhDs! Congratulations to Dr. Ian Kieffer, Dr. Hanfeng Gu, Dr. Kelsee Bratley, Dr. Arden Radford, and Dr. Kai-Ting Hu!
We are so proud of all of you! 💚💙
Congratulations to Arden Radford, our group's latest PhD! @buearth.bsky.social
Our final Grad Fellow Friday, w/Melissa Martin (buearth.bsky.social)! #Cities tend to be warmer than surrounding areas. Martin is working to understand how #UrbanHeat islands affect residents' #health, and how increased cooling demand stresses power systems 🏙️www.bu.edu/igs/profile/...ws
In today's Grad Fellow Friday spotlight, Breanna van Loenen zooms in 🔎 on harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs) created during #FossilFuel production. With satellite data, she can better monitor these gases across the #US: www.bu.edu/igs/profile/...
Major #OilSpills get attention, "but a steady stream of much smaller spills pose a significant, ongoing, and cumulative threat, especially in marine ecosystems," writes @cutlercleveland.bsky.social for Visualizing Energy. #NOAA reported 172 incidents in 2021: visualizingenergy.org/oil-spills-w...
View the temperature trends in your own community at showyourstripes.info
#ShowYourStripes created by @edhawkins.org reveals over a century of global temperature changes. From the local to the global scale, the trends are impossible to ignore. Earth is warming rapidly and human activity is the primary cause.
These visuals remind us why the work we do every day matters.
If you planted two trees, one in the city of Boston and one in the rural land of Massachusetts, which would die quicker?
Jennifer Bhatnagar, associate professor of biology, would argue that those in the city die younger, with 50% of trees dying within five years.
Read more: bit.ly/43FuKxx
Such an important topic! We are excited to see the work Sophia does this summer!
We are so proud of all of the amazing work she has done in our department! Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Black! 🎉
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Black on a successful PhD dissertation defense and presentation! 🎉
Title: "Past, Present, and Future Shoreline Change along a Paraglacial New England Coastline"
Advisor: Duncan FitzGerald
We are so proud of the amazing work you have done at BU E&E, Dr. Black! 🎉
🎉 Congratulations to our 2025 Award Winners in Earth & Environment! 🎉
College Prize - Kelly Schisa
EES Prize - Alanna Martins
EAP Prize - Stephanie Hung
Torres Prize - Tami Gordon
GRS TF Award - Cat Mahoney
E&E TF Award - Ericka Osses
SSLA - Genesis Muñoz
SSLA - Iffany Zou
Junior - Tess Shotland
Third places are so important! We particularly love the natural spaces— right near BU we have Amory Park, the Esplanade, the Back Bay Fens, the Muddy River, and more! 🌳🌞
Environmental Forecasting: From Computational Tools to Scientific Insights
Congratulations Michael Dietze, Professor, Earth & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences and Jonathan Huggins, Assistant Professor, Mathematics & Statistics, Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, on their Focused Research Program Award (FRP)!
Learn more: http://spr.ly/633204DDbs
Congrats Professor Geddes!
Heat, Health, and Hurricanes: Urban Resilience versus the Long Mortality Shadow of Cooling Disruptions
PI: Ian Sue Wing, Professor, @buearth.bsky.social
Co-PIs: Jiahang He, Ph.D. Student, Earth and Environment; @suzannasumkhuu.bsky.social, Ph.D. Student, Earth and Environment
Eight graduate students smile.
Our 2025 cohort of Graduate Student Summer Fellows includes eight @bostonu.bsky.social graduate students from the College of Engineering, @buquestrom.bsky.social, College of Arts & Sciences, and @comatbu.bsky.social:
www.bu.edu/igs/2025/05/...
Congratulations Earth & Environment Class of 2025! 🌎🎉
We are so proud of all of the amazing work you have done during your time at BU!
Thank you for being a part of BU E&E and please keep in touch, because no matter where the future takes you, you will always be a valued member of our community! 💚
Congratulations Rick Reibstein on your promotion to Senior Lecturer! 🎉
Richard Reibstein is an integral part of the law and policy side of teaching for BU Earth and Environment, teaching courses such as Law for Sustainability and Research for Environmental Agencies and Organizations!
🎓 It is nearly our favorite day of the year! 🎓
We are thrilled to celebrate the graduation of our amazing students at our Earth & Environment Convocation Ceremony!
📅 4:00pm on Friday, May 16th, 2025
📍 GSU Metcalf Ballroom, 775 Commonwealth Avenue
www.bu.edu/earth/convoc...
Thank you to @bostonu.bsky.social BU Today team for this wonderful feature on E&E ROCKSTAR Professor Lawford Anderson!
Get a peek into our immersive geology class CAS EE 300 and see the impact Professor Anderson is leaving through testimonies from our wonderful students!
youtu.be/Z9BgUS9gmvg
Happy Earth Day!!!!!!!!!
Happy Earth Day 2025! 🌎
Here are a few ways you can make a difference:
📚 Educate Others
♻ Reduce and Reuse, Then Recycle
👟 Pick Up Trash When You See It
✉️ Contact Your Representatives
📸 Share Nature's Beauty
With love from the Department of Earth & Environment-- Happy Earth Day! 💚
#earthday
A fascinating article co-authored by Boston University Earth & Environment Professor Ranga Myneni!
