Kizzy Charles-Guzman honored with Environmental Quality Award for her achievements in protecting public health and the environment.

Professor Dale Jamieson was recently appointed as a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Dickson Poon School of Law at the King's College London and as a Visiting Fellow in the School of the Social Sciences at the Institute for the Advanced Study at Princeton University.

The course is taught by ES faculty Mary E. Killilea

Breeding Pigeons on Rooftops, and Crossing Racial Lines

The Global Pigeon written by Colin Jerolmack and Ecologies of Urbanism in India: Metropolitan Civility and Sustainability Edited by Anne Rademacher and K. Sivaramakrishnan.

Dan Fagin's new book, “Toms River,” is an edge-of-your-seat account of industry and illness in a New Jersey town, with plenty of side trips.

A gripping human drama rooted in a centuries-old scientific quest, TOMS RIVER is a tale of dumpers at midnight and deceptions in broad daylight, of corporate avarice and government neglect, and of a few brave individuals who refused to keep silent until the truth was exposed.

An Op-Ed article on Saturday about chemical pollution and cancer misstated the compound that, when mixed with aniline dissolved in sulfuric acid, is used to make a purple dye. It is potassium dichromate, not potassium dichloride.

Dale Jamieson, Director of Environmental Studies at New York University, discusses 'Living with Climate Change' as part of the Sydney Ideas Keynote Lecture on Climate Change 'Vulnerability, Adaptation and Climate Justice Symposium' hosted by the Sydney Network on Climate Change and Society at the University of Sydney in August 2012.

A leader in what seems to be every environment-related activity on campus, Genser has dedicated her time at NYU to creating a greener and more sustainable community.

New York University’s Institute for Public Knowledge sponsored a public forum on the recent superstorm‘s implications for New York City

We take a look at the future of New York’s waterfront post-Sandy and discuss some innovative ways to protect the harbor and city. Guests include: Justin Davidson, classical music and architecture critic at New York magazine; Eric Sanderson, author of Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City and a Senior Conservation Ecologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society;Catherine Seavitt Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York and co-author of On The Water: Palisade Bay.

Today, less than 1% of Liberians have access to grid electricity. The overwhelming majority of people spend upwards of 80% of their income to power small gasoline generators and kerosene lamps. Sun Giant will sell solar lanterns and complete off grid systems to power homes, businesses, and health clinics.

Study shows the gender gap in scholarly publishing. Women cluster in certain fields, according to a study of millions of journal articles, while men get more credit

Sara Pesek, an ES Capstone Seminar Instructor, has been awarded the College of Arts and Science's Outstanding Teaching Award.

The ES Capstone students’ work helped prepare UPROSE to partner with the City on this and produce these safety improvements.

The work of NYU students from a Gallatin and Environmental Studies cross-listed course is featured on Urban Omnibus, one of the leading online journals for architecture and urban design.

"After a month of courtship and nest-building, two red-tailed hawks began patiently tending to three speckled eggs in April 2011. Given that red-tailed hawks are a common American species, the event would seem no more than a footnote in the rites of spring; but this nest happened to be on a 12thfloor window ledge of NYU’s Bobst Library, overlooking Washington Square Park in Manhattan."

Reigning the River is an ethnography of environmental and political transformation in Kathmandu, one of the fastest growing cities in South Asia. Its focus is the ecologically degraded urban reaches of the Bagmati and Bishnumati Rivers, which converge in the heart of the city.

“For 12 years, we have recognized the best higher education classes about animals and society, and we continue to see dramatic expansion in the diversity and depth of the courses offered.” -Kenneth Shapiro

ES Majors, Ashwini Srinivasamohan ’11 and Steven Rasovsky ’12 take Sustainable Practices Abroad with their pilot project in NYU Shanghai

NYU has created an Animal Studies Initiative to support research and curriculum development in the emerging field of animal studies. The Initiative has received a $1 million gift from Bradley L. Goldberg.

"My fear is that geoengineering will drive out funding for adaptation, especially for the poorest populations, who have done the least to cause climate change and to whom it poses the greatest dangers."

Climate change poses a challenge for both consequentialism and its alternatives, and brings out questions about our obligations to future generations and about the moral status of non-humans.

Current energy technologies are not enough to reduce carbon emissions to a level needed to lower the risks associated with climate change, NYU physicist Martin Hoffert concludes in an essay in the journal Science.

Our carbon emissions are changing the climate of our planet and making our weather more extreme, both hot and cold, with more intense weather events, like local flooding and storms.

NYU Environmental Studies Student, Merrilee Frable, shares her internship experience on Earth Sky Time Farm in Manchester, Vermont.

Hilary Dennis & Leah Mayor talk about milksheds

Geologist and volcano expert Dr. Michael Rampino of New York University answered several questions about the recent eruption of a volcano in Iceland that has forced airports to close and grounded thousands of flights around the world.

Ashley Seiver, Co-founder of Cycles, won the $10,000 Grand Prize Award for NYU Reynolds/Youth Venture.

Big Think Interview

Emily Sun, an Environmental Studies student, was quoted in The Village Voice article.

NYU is one of the Campus and Student Sustainability Award Winners picked by Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

"Planning for climate change today is less expensive than rebuilding an entire network after a catastrophe. We cannot wait until after our infrastructure has been compromised to begin to plan for the effects of climate change now." -Michael Bloomberg

Climate change poses a range of hazards to New York City and its infrastructure. These changes suggest a need for the City to rethink the way it operates and adapts to its evolving environment.

These videos are made to bring the carbon cycle to everyone and to accompany Tyler Volk's book, CO2 Rising: The Worlds Greatest Environmental Challenge.

These videos are made to bring the carbon cycle to everyone and to accompany Tyler Volk's book, CO2 Rising: The Worlds Greatest Environmental Challenge.

Electronic pets might seem pointless, but they can be smarter than you think. Sanjida O'Connell meets an artist who's teaching old dogs useful new tricks

A clever use of fable brings surprising clarity to the story of climate change.

AM-MY describes NYU's Bike Rental Program for students.

“So the whole thing is how do we translate the tremendous amount of anxiety and interest in addressing major environmental issues into something concrete that people can do whose effect is measurable and significant?” -Natalie Jeremijenko

“There are two reasons to study the rest room, both great,” Molotch said. “One is social justice, as you see in Clara Greed, and the other is to understand things that don’t have much to do with rest rooms."

"Fluoride, the most consumed drug in the USA, is deliberately added to 2/3 of public water supplies theoretically to reduce tooth decay, but with no scientifically-valid evidence proving safety or effectiveness."

New research indicates that a cavity-fighting treatment could be risky if overused.

“We really need to develop a revolution, a change in the way our species creates the energy that it needs to run,” Dr. Hoffert said in an interview.

The Floating Clinic

Residents of Greenland's west coast say they are feeling the effects of rising sea temperatures in the fishing and tourism industries.

The controversial new official definition of "planet," which banished Pluto, has its flaws but by and large captures essential scientific principles.