Environmental Solutions

As the western U.S. faces decreasing water supplies, WashU alumni are helping negotiate how this precious resource will be managed and shared in years to come.

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has awarded Washington University in St. Louis Gold status accreditation.

The face masks worn and discarded during the COVID-19 pandemic have an uncertain fate.

Cultivated plants provide people with food, fuel and medicine. But crops also face many types of stresses that threaten their growth and yields.

Lu Xu, an assistant professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has won the 2025 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environmental Division Early Career Award.

Society has long struggled with petroleum-derived plastic pollution, and awareness of microplastics’ detrimental effects on food and water supplies adds further pressure.

The downstream consequences of religion, politics and war can have far-reaching effects on the environment and on the evolutionary processes affecting urban organisms, according to a new analysis from Washington University in St. Louis.

SPARK is a free 9-day sustainability leadership training program hosted by the Office of Sustainability.

Before venturing out into the woods, a nearby park or even your backyard, keep an eye out for mosquitoes and ticks, which can be vectors, or carriers, for pathogens that can cause disease.

Zhen (Jason) He received the 2025 Frederick George Pohland Medal from the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors and the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists.