Earth Systems & Climate Change

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) recently gave the Midwest Climate Collaborative (MCC) a 2026 Campus Sustainability Achievement Award, one of its highest honors.

University drew $1 billion in external funding that led to scientific advances, new jobs

As an environmental epidemiologist, Tracy Bastain investigates how external factors — chemical, physical and biological — impact human health.

WashU researchers monitor, measure melting glacier system in Wyoming

Bo Li, the Stanley A. Sawyer Professor of Statistics and Data Science, describes the potential of data science to address interwoven challenges at the nexus of environmental change and human health.

Inside a World War II-era bunker at Tyson Research Center, preserved birds, handwritten logs and mold-covered artifacts tell a story of science, stewardship and changing times.

WashU partners with Gateway STEM High School to connect students to opportunities in the sciences

The year was 2022, and we were still living in the shadow of COVID-19. Like many of our colleagues, we were cautiously gathering for the first time (masked) after virtual classrooms, remote work, and daily headlines that had suddenly made “public health” a household phrase. For many, the term felt new. But for us, it had long been central to our work.

We have officially entered into prescribed burn season in Forest Park, through April 2025.

Researchers look closely at sea spray aerosols from shoreline wave breaking, environmental implications