Earth Systems & Climate Change

A simple question brought together two separate areas of deep, complex expertise to advance critical research: does anyone at WashU research air quality?

From listening to farmers in Benin to training community researchers in Papua New Guinea to connecting planetary health scholars at WashU, Mandeville works to create a healthy planet for populations

As climate change brings more extreme weather events, strengthening families before disasters strike can help protect children’s health and well-being

For Blum, scholarship is an expedition

Archaeologist TR Kidder brings an anthropological perspective to studying health, culture and the environment

New 24-lecture series connects earthquakes, volcanoes, climate and other geologic events to the course of human history

Young-Shin Jun honored for outstanding contributions to chemistry by the American Chemical Society

Guided by graduate student Tasman Ezra, a WashU undergraduate turns classroom skills into field research and gains a deeper understanding of what it means to be a scientist.

Nearly half of pregnant women in the United States report poor sleep quality, which has been associated with gestational diabetes and high blood pressure during pregnancy.

Randall Martin ranks No. 35 worldwide, No. 15 in U.S