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News in BriefSatellites Can Track Amazon Forest Resilience — But Timing Matters
July 21, 2026 A new study led by Kexin Song, a postdoctoral associate at YSE, offers field-based evidence that satellite data can detect meaningful differences in how well Amazon forests recover from drought stress, rather than merely reflecting glitches caused by clouds, sensor quirks, or measurement timing. By…
YSE NewsWhat Happens When Producers Are Responsible for Recycling Their Products and Packaging?
July 21, 2026YSE research scholar Reid Lifset, who has tracked a policy designed to flip product waste responsibilities from consumers to manufacturers, has built an open reference database to help policymakers and companies understand its costs and benefits.
News in BriefFederal Ginseng Rules Poorly Predict Plant Health
July 15, 2026 A YSE-led study published in Environmental Research Letters found that current federal rules regulating American ginseng harvest — based on plant age and leaf count — poorly predict the biological traits that matter most for conservation. Ginseng, a wild plant prized in traditional medicine, can…
YSE NewsAmericans Are Underestimating the Dangers of Extreme Heat
July 13, 2026YSE Senior Research Scientist Jennifer Marlon breaks down what’s driving the perception gap between rising temperatures and public risk — and it’s not just lack of information.
YSE NewsData Centers, Urban Heat, and AI Growth
July 10, 2026As AI fuels data center expansion, communities are pushing back. What's driving the opposition, and what are the real environmental and economic trade-offs? YSE experts weigh in.
YSE News2026 EPI: Climate Bright Spots but Slow Progress Globally
July 10, 2026Europe continues to dominate in the rankings but is likely to hit a wall without more ambitious strategies and agricultural reform.
News in BriefMost Americans Say Climate Change Is Raising Their Bills
June 22, 2026 A new survey from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication finds that two-thirds of registered voters think global warming is affecting the cost of living in the United States a view shared across the political spectrum. Energy is the cost Americans feel most acutely…
YSE NewsThe Suburban Street Design That’s Been Driving Emissions Since WWII
June 18, 2026A century-old planning paradigm still embedded in the physical fabric of suburbs nationwide is driving a significant share of greenhouse gas emissions.
YSE NewsLandmark Encyclopedia Documents Environmental Justice Issues Worldwide
June 18, 2026YSE Professor Dorceta Taylor led a four-year effort to produce the first comprehensive reference work on environmental justice issues across 26 countries and six continents.
YSE NewsYale E360: Small Staff, Global Stakes
June 17, 2026For nearly two decades, the tiny staff at Yale Environment 360 has produced some of the world's most consequential environmental journalism. As founding editor Roger Cohn '73 retires, the need for that work has never been greater.
YSE NewsTaking the Urban Pulse: A New Way to Diagnose Cities
June 9, 2026A YSE-led study introduces a new framework for measuring, monitoring, and managing cities.
YSE NewsHow Climate-Vulnerable Residents in Nigeria Are Adaptating on the Fly
June 3, 2026A YSE-led study shows that residents of informal settlements in Lagos are finding new ways to adapt to intense flooding and are building livelihoods from climate action despite being excluded from formal state climate mitigation planning.
YSE NewsClass of 2026: Meeting Environmental Challenges with ‘Openness and Willingness to Listen’
May 19, 2026This year’s graduates are entering careers across energy, corporate sustainability, public policy, and academia — joining a global alumni network of more than 6,000.
YSE NewsLi Murphy ’26 MESc: Transforming the West’s Understanding of its Most Mythologized ‘Pest’
May 12, 2026Li Murphy crawls into Mormon cricket swarms to understand what they see, why they march, and how they can be managed.