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Experts Guide

If you are looking for an expert in environmental science or practice, you have come to right place! Yale School of the Environment faculty, research scientists, and practitioners regularly provide insight, commentary, and expert opinion on a wide array of topics. The experts guide can help you learn more about their work and connect with them. 

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  • Business and the Environment [40] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Circular Economy [6]
    • Corporate Sustainability [7]
    • Environment and Trade [1]
    • Environmental Economics [22]
    • Environmental Markets and Finance [14]
    • Entrepreneurship and Innovation [11]
    • International Negotiations [6]
    • Sustainable Finance and ESG [2]
  • Climate Science and Policy [91] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation [30]
    • Climate Change Communication [18]
    • Climate/Environmental Policy [47]
    • Deforestation [7]
    • Environmental Politics [22]
    • Extreme Weather and Climate Change [13]
    • International Agreements and Organizations [1]
    • Land Cover and Land Use Change [10]
  • Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity [42] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Biodiversity Loss [10]
    • Biogeochemistry [7]
    • Carbon Sequestration [18]
    • Ecosystem Conservation and Resilience [19]
    • Ecosystem Restoration [9]
    • Habitat Conservation [10]
    • Human-Wildlife Interaction [3]
    • Terrestrial Ecosystems [10]
    • Tropical Ecosystems [8]
    • Wildlife Ecology [8]
  • Energy [56] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Clean Energy [33]
    • Energy Policy [37]
    • Energy Poverty [3]
    • Energy Systems [20]
    • Transportation Policy and Systems [9]
  • Environmental Analysis [21] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Carbon Footprint [10]
    • Ecosystem Modeling [3]
    • Environmental Contamination Data [4]
    • Exposure Assessment Models [3]
    • Human Health Data [5]
    • Life Cycle Assessment [5]
    • Material Flow Analysis [6]
  • Environmental Justice [24] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Climate Migration [6]
    • Environmental Ethics [9]
    • Environmental Governance and Leadership [13]
    • Food Systems and Food Insecurity [5]
    • Human Health and Well-Being [7]
    • Tribal Co-Management [5]
  • Environmental Resources and Systems [40] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Air Pollution [5]
    • Biomass Resources [3]
    • Chemicals [6]
    • Ecosystem Stability [7]
    • Freshwater Ecosystems [7]
    • Natural Capital [8]
    • Pollution Control [6]
    • Soil Science [5]
    • Waste Management and Recycling [6]
    • Water Supply, Quality, and Scarcity [13]
    • Water Resource Management and Policy [9]
    • Watershed Management and Coastal Systems [10]
  • Forestry [44] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Ecosystem Services [15]
    • Forest Dynamics [9]
    • Forest Ecology and Silviculture [6]
    • Forest Fires [9]
    • Forest Resource Management [8]
    • Land Conservation [17]
    • Parks and Protected Areas [9]
    • Tropical Forest Ecosystems [13]
    • Urban Forestry [6]
  • Social and Cultural Perspectives [19] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Agriculture, Agroecosystems, and Agrarian History [9]
    • Cultural and Political Aspects of Natural Hazards, Disasters, and Resource Degradation [6]
    • Environmental Anthropology and Sociology [5]
    • Environmental Institutions and Movements [8]
    • History and Anthropology of the Environment-Related Sciences [4]
    • Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and Practice [6]
    • Native Uses of Forests and Grasslands [4]
    • Participatory Science [1]
    • Religion and the Environment [4]
    • Rurality [4]
  • Sustainability [28] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Circular Economy/Industrial Ecology [8]
    • ESG [1]
    • Green Chemistry [6]
    • Green Engineering [5]
    • Recycling [4]
    • Sustainable Design [8]
    • Sustainable Development [16]
    • Sustainable Products and Technology [12]
  • Urban [29] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Sustainable and Green Design [8]
    • Urban Ecology [9]
    • Urban Parks and Green Spaces [13]
    • Urban Heat [10]
    • Urban Land Use [13]
    • Urbanization [9]
  • Expert
    John Wargo

    John P. Wargo

    Tweedy-Ordway Professor of Environmental Health and Politics Yale University School of the Environment. Chair, Yale College Environmental Studies Major and Program
    • Environmental Analysis
    • Environmental Justice
    • Environmental Resources and Systems
    • Forestry
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    • Air Pollution
    • Environmental Ethics
    • Exposure Assessment Models
    • Human Health Data
    • Human Health and Well-Being
    • Land Conservation
    • Parks and Protected Areas
    • Water Supply, Quality, and Scarcity
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    Stephen Wood

    Research Scientist; Lecturer; Senior Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
    • Climate Science and Policy
    • Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity
    • Environmental Justice
    • Environmental Resources and Systems
    • Social and Cultural Perspectives
    More topics
    • Agriculture, Agroecosystems, and Agrarian History
    • Biogeochemistry
    • Carbon Sequestration
    • Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation
    • Food Systems and Food Insecurity
    • Natural Capital
    • Soil Science
  • Expert
    Y. Yao

    Yuan Yao

    Manufacturer’s Association Professor of Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Systems; Director of the Center for Industrial Ecology
    • Business and the Environment
    • Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity
    • Energy
    • Environmental Analysis
    • Environmental Resources and Systems
    • Forestry
    • Sustainability
    More topics
    • Air Pollution
    • Biomass Resources
    • Carbon Footprint
    • Carbon Sequestration
    • Chemicals
    • Circular Economy
    • Circular Economy/Industrial Ecology
    • Clean Energy
    • Energy Systems
    • Forest Resource Management
    • Green Engineering
    • Life Cycle Assessment
    • Material Flow Analysis
    • Sustainable Design
    • Sustainable Products and Technology
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    Julie Zimmerman

    Julie Zimmerman

    Vice Provost for Planetary Solutions; Liliane and Christian Haub Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and the Environment; Deputy Director for Research at Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering
    • Business and the Environment
    • Climate Science and Policy
    • Energy
    • Environmental Analysis
    • Environmental Justice
    • Environmental Resources and Systems
    • Sustainability
    • Urban
    More topics
    • Carbon Footprint
    • Chemicals
    • Circular Economy
    • Circular Economy/Industrial Ecology
    • Clean Energy
    • Climate/Environmental Policy
    • Corporate Sustainability
    • Entrepreneurship and Innovation
    • Environmental Contamination Data
    • Exposure Assessment Models
    • Green Chemistry
    • Green Engineering
    • Human Health Data
    • Human Health and Well-Being
    • Life Cycle Assessment
    • Material Flow Analysis
    • Pollution Control
    • Sustainable Design
    • Sustainable Products and Technology
    • Sustainable and Green Design
    • Water Resource Management and Policy
    • Water Supply, Quality, and Scarcity

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In The Media

USA Today

The government might tell you to take a shorter shower. Here's why

If you live in a city of 1 million people, your 15% cut (in water use) isn't going to save the city, but if everybody does it, or half the people do it, then you really have an effect.

Shimon Anisfield

Shimon C. Anisfeld

Senior Lecturer II and Research Scientist in Water Resources and Environmental Chemistry

CNN

What is the most American animal?

It’s America because we have bald eagles and timber rattlesnakes and black-footed ferrets. All are valued, all are needed, and all are celebrations of America.

Nyeema Harris

Nyeema Harris

Knobloch Family Associate Professor of Wildlife and Land Conservation

AccuWeather

An impenetrable steel ‘Black Box’ will record ‘every step’ humanity takes toward catastrophe

Anthony Leiserowitz
The Guardian

European countries top 'scorecard' on climate progress while US slips to 27th

Daniel Esty
British Brief

EPA allows higher ethanol fuel to lower gas prices

Kenneth Gillingham
The Guardian

US residents angry at datacenters 'being shoved down our throats' are recalling officials

Anthony Leiserowitz
The Nature of Cities

Cities are typically a game of limited space and limited budgets. What could we do less of to make room for nature?

Karen Seto
C&EN

The future of chemistry is green

Julie Zimmerman
Earth.com

Suburban street design quietly fuels climate pollution

Arianna Salazar-Miranda
The Guardian

US public still favours action on climate change despite Trump’s fossil fuel drive

Anthony Leiserowitz
Grist

America’s data center backlash is bipartisan — can it stay that way?

Anthony Leiserowitz
Reuters

Satellite observations detect 'urban pulse' of six global cities

Karen Seto

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