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YSE NewsEarth’s Nighttime Lights Are Getting More Volatile—What Does That Mean?
April 10, 2026New research using daily satellite imagery shows that the world’s lights now act like a real-time pulse of human activity, conflict, and development.
YSE NewsHow Zoning Reform Could Shrink Americans’ Daily Travel Footprint
February 10, 2026New research uses artificial intelligence to simulate how changes to zoning might influence how far people travel each day, thereby reducing transportation emissions.
YSE NewsWhat Can Urban Wildlife Teach Us About Shared Spaces?
November 14, 2025Professor Nyeema Harris spoke with YSE News about how humans and animals can coexist in city spaces.
YSE NewsA New Roadmap for Urban Tree Planting
October 21, 2025YSE research scientists have developed a data-driven framework for equitable urban tree planting that can guide city planners, nonprofits, and local governments in targeting the most impactful planting sites.
YSE NewsClimate Adaptation Scientist Brianna Castro Joins the Yale School of the Environment
September 15, 2025Brianna Castro’s research into climate change impacts and climate migration draws on the fields of environmental studies, human geography, urban planning, and public policy.
YSE NewsCity Streets Are Shifting From Social Hubs to Throughways
July 24, 2025Higher urban incomes, technology, and increases in indoor meeting places may play a role in the behavioral changes, a Yale-led study finds.
YSE NewsNeighborhood Conditions Profoundly Affect the Environmental Literacy of Urban Youth
June 30, 2025New research from the Yale School of the Environment reveals how environmental factors, ranging from greenery to socioeconomic stress, shape urban adolescents’ environmental knowledge and concern.
YSE NewsNew Soil DNA Monitoring Technique Provides Data for Better Urban Wildlife Planning
June 18, 2025Yale School of the Environment scientists pioneered a novel approach to studying the impact of urbanization on biodiversity in cities.
YSE NewsKeer Zhang ’25 PhD: Understanding a Warming World Through Urban Expansion
May 12, 2025From rural China to New Haven, Keer Zhang draws on lived experience to investigate how urbanization fuels climate risks in a warming world.
YSE NewsRapid Urbanization Could Increase Spread of Zoonotic Diseases
February 5, 2025Researchers at YSE have mapped the global distribution of wildlife species known to carry diseases that can affect humans in the wildland-urban interface.
YSE NewsL.A. Fires: Forging a Resilient Path Forward
January 29, 2025YSE experts discuss environmental and public health impacts of the fires as well as how fire-prone regions can prevent and manage the spread of wildfires in the future.
YSE NewsPeople of Color Exposed to More Extremely Hot Days
December 10, 2024A new study by Yale School of the Environment researchers found that communities of color in the U.S. face more heat exposure and have fewer cooling options than predominantly white communities and those disparities are still increasing.
YSE NewsStudy Finds Humidity Diminishes Daytime Cooling Gains in Urban Green Spaces
November 12, 2024Urban green spaces provide shade for city dwellers facing rising temperatures brought on by climate change, but how much relief from the heat island effect do they provide when humidity is factored in?
YSE NewsIn Memoriam: William R. Burch Jr., Frederick C. Hixon Professor Emeritus of Natural Resources Management
July 26, 2024William "Bill" R. Burch Jr., a scientist of international renown for his pioneering work in social and community forestry who taught at the Yale School of the Environment for more than four decades, died July 16, 2024. Burch was the founder of the Tropical Resources Institute (TRI) and the Urban Resources Initiative (URI) at YSE, where he brought innovative approaches in ecological enhancement and community development to both rural and urban settings.
YSE NewsYSE Class of ’24: Aishwarya Iyer Focuses on Underrepresented Voices in Energy Usage
May 14, 2024Class of '24: Aishwarya Iyer's focus on the life cycle assessment of energy use in building stock in India led her to a unique discovery — informal and low-income housing units were not represented in the data. She devised a study to test energy-use scenarios in those units, helping to improve representation of building stocks and energy demand projections in the Global South.