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YSE NewsInternationally Recognized Leader in Environmental Collaboration Joins YSE Faculty
May 4, 2026From supporting Tribal co-management of Pacific Northwest salmon to unlocking a 20-year impasse over farmland protection, Michael Kern finds consensus where others find only conflict. He joins Yale this July as the inaugural Bataua Professor in the Practice of Collaborative Solutions.
YSE NewsLouisiana’s Shrinking Coast Offers a Narrowing Window for Managed Retreat
May 4, 2026Louisiana is losing its coast faster than anywhere else in the U.S. What happens next could become a blueprint — or a warning — for vulnerable communities around the globe.
YSE NewsA Climate Solution Hiding in Plain Sight
April 27, 2026Professor Oswald Schmitz has spent decades studying how animals shape the ecosystems they inhabit. He recently spoke with YSE News about the science behind rewilding — and why healthy wildlife populations may be one of nature's most undervalued tools in the fight against climate change.
YSE NewsAmazon Forests Can Recover From Fire — With Some Caveats
April 21, 2026A 20-year experiment in southeastern Amazonia finds that even heavily degraded, grass-invaded forests retain the capacity to bounce back from fires, but not without costs to edges, drought resilience, and species left behind.
YSE NewsExisting Market Tools Could Provide a Creative Pathway to Finance Conservation
March 12, 2026The municipal bond market can be used to incentivize conservation and counter the impacts of bat losses in agricultural counties across the U.S., according to a new study coauthored by Yale scientists.
YSE NewsDecoding the Everglades’ Climate Footprint
February 24, 2026A study by YSE scientists on greenhouse gas fluxes in the Florida wetlands provides a path for maximizing carbon capture through water management.
YSE NewsELTI Expands Field Training to Rwanda
November 25, 2025The Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative (ELTI) recently launched its first forest restoration field course in Rwanda.
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 Critical Knowledge Exchange Deep in the Amazon
November 3, 2025COP30, which opens next week in Belém, Brazil, is expected to have an unprecedented focus on the essential role of Indigenous peoples in driving sustainable global climate response. Associate Professor Paulo Brando, an internationally recognized expert on tropical forest ecology, recently spoke to YSE News about the urgent need to connect ancestral knowledge with scientific methods to monitor and protect the health of threatened Amazon ecosystems.
YSE NewsThe Tiny Threats Facing the Kings of the Savannah
October 29, 2025New research led by YSE scientists reveals hidden parasites in endangered West African Lions.
YSE NewsFire Fuels Resilience in Florida’s Subtropical Forests
October 24, 2025Scientists from the Yale School of the Environment discovered that forests in the Everglades bounce back quickly after fires, often surpassing their previous levels of productivity. The research reaffirms the need to continue prescribed burns in the face of a changing climate.
YSE NewsThere Is Wide Variation in the Amazon’s Response to Degradation and Climate Change
August 21, 2025New research by Yale School of the Environment scientists highlights the need to reduce the “hammer” of human impact on the world's largest rainforest rather than focusing on an all-encompassing climatic tipping point.
YSE NewsLiming Can Help Enhance Carbon Capture in Agricultural Fields
August 6, 2025The common mineral can promote harvests and help fight climate change, a YSE-led study found.
YSE NewsNovel Research Reveals Thriving Microbial Life in Trees
August 6, 2025A study by YSE scientists opens up new avenues for understanding tree physiology, forest ecology, and how trees are responding to climate change.
YSE NewsMass Timber Could Drive Forest Expansion and Cut Emissions
July 16, 2025The climate benefits of cross-laminated timber outweigh earlier concerns but only if managed responsibly, according to a recent Yale School of the Environment study.