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YSE NewsThe Overlooked Networks of Heat Resilience
September 8, 2026Households and communities coping with extreme heat often rely on makeshift strategies that go unrecognized by policymakers and can clash with official systems. A YSE expert weighs in on the impact of the divide and the potential for co-created solutions.
YSE NewsHow Much Air Conditioning Usage Actually Prevents Heat Deaths?
August 31, 2026Yale researchers conducted the first nationwide study linking AC usage — not just ownership — to heat-related mortality risks.
YSE NewsA Single Fix Reverses the Case for Rolling Back Vehicle Emissions Standards
August 25, 2026YSE's Kenneth Gillingham and a team of economists find that the EPA has used inconsistent assumptions to justify both tightening and loosening vehicle emissions rules — assumptions that determine whether the rules' benefits outweigh their costs.
YSE NewsDiverse Portfolio of Protected Areas Key to Mexican Conservation Efforts
August 20, 2026A map produced by Yale School of the Environment researchers suggests priorities for protected areas in Mexico to maximize carnivore habitat and ensure more inclusive conservation planning.
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.
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 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 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.
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 NewsResearch on Challenges Facing Congo Basin Swamp Forests Wins 2026 Bormann Prize
April 28, 2026Yale School of the Environment doctoral candidate Katherine Meier’s research explored how villagers are navigating seasonal flooding in a Congo Basin ecosystem prized for its role in mitigating global 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 NewsYSE Research Day 2026
April 20, 2026At the Yale School of the Environment's 42nd Annual Research Day on April 10, students from across the school came together to share their ongoing research and latest findings. From indoor air pollution in Ghana to Connecticut's urban coastal wetlands to mangrove forests in Southeast Asia to the understudied amphibian population — listen to these emerging climate leaders talk about the hows and whys of their work and where they hope to go from here.
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 NewsFor Frontline Communities, Climate Change Hits Home as Extreme Heat and Power Outages
April 6, 2026New research shows frontline communities and the general public share similar levels of concern about global warming but diverge sharply when it comes to its most immediate consequences: extreme heat, power outages, and other day-to-day harms.