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Environmental Fellows Program ‘21 YSE Cohort
November 29, 2021The seven YSE graduate students and recent graduates in the 2021 Environmental Fellows program have diverse backgrounds and experiences, but share the same impassioned commitment to their environmental work.
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YSE NewsRivers Are Largest Global Source of Mercury in Coastal Oceans
August 13, 2021Ten rivers are responsible for half of the riverine mercury entering the world's oceans — with the Amazon River, the Ganges, and the Yangtze topping the list.
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YSE NewsScience as a Foundation for Policy: The Case of Fracking
June 30, 2020Some research on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on public health has yielded unexpected results — including findings that some expected risks have not materialized. The history of fracking offers important lessons on the proper role of science in environmental policy.
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YSE NewsNew Study Examines Whether COVID-19 Virus Has Entered Rivers and Streams
June 29, 2020Yale researchers are studying whether the COVID-19 virus is present in streams and rivers, a first step to determine if it could then be transmitted through rivers and streams to humans.
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Research on Fracking Impacts Wins 2019 Bormann Prize
April 18, 2019Given rare access to a hydraulic fracturing well site in Pennsylvania, an F&ES doctoral student revealed a surprising finding about the impacts of fracking on groundwater — research that earned her the 2019 F. Herbert Bormann Prize
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YSE NewsCommunity Stormwater Partnership Receives National Environmental Award
July 25, 2018A community partnership including the Yale-based Urban Resources Initiative (URI) that has helped the city of New Haven tackle the challenge of stormwater runoff has received a prestigious award from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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Methane Changes in Groundwater Unrelated to Gas Drilling and Fracking, Study Finds
July 16, 2018A new study — which monitored groundwater before, during, and after drilling operations within the Marcellus Shale in northeastern Pennsylvania — found that groundwater methane concentrations vary over time and that these variations are likely unrelated to shale gas development.
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Is Fracking a Threat to Public Health? Yale Scientists Aim to Provide Answers
October 18, 2017In an interview, F&ES Prof. James Saiers describes the health concerns historically associated with fracking and how a new Yale research project could provide important insights into whether there is a link between unconventional drilling and adverse birth outcomes.
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Yale Economist: Trump Water Rule Ignores Millions of Dollars in Benefits
October 5, 2017The economic analysis conducted by the Trump administration to justify revoking the Waters of the U.S. rule falls short of a defensible and consistent basis, a Yale economist writes this week in Science. The implications go beyond weakening the Clean Water Act — it could undermine the credibility of economic studies conducted by federal agencies.
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Respite from the Urban Heat Island? Study Eyes Costs of Irrigation as Remedy
July 20, 2017A new Yale study will examine whether irrigation of green spaces to mitigate the urban heat island effect in some of the world’s driest cities will be worth the cost — namely, drawing down precious and increasingly diminished water resources.
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Science to Solutions: Students Pitch Strategies to Prevent ‘The Next Flint’
May 30, 2017This spring eight F&ES students traveled to Flint, Mich. for a conference on the water crisis still unfolding in that community. In a conversation three students discuss how the experience deepened their understanding of the crisis — and it revealed about battling future environmental and social challenges.