Faculty

A study by YSE scientists on greenhouse gas fluxes in the Florida wetlands provides a path for maximizing carbon capture through water management.

YSE Senior Research Scientist Jennifer Marlon was part of an international team that combined global fire data and climate models to identify gaps in wildfire risk projections and outline a framework to better inform long-term planning.

Kuebbing’s research investigates how the interplay of invasive plants, pests, and climate change dictates the future of temperate forests.

New research uses artificial intelligence to simulate how changes to zoning might influence how far people travel each day, thereby reducing transportation emissions.

Researchers from the Yale School of the Environment found that biodegradable plastics could cut ecotoxicity by 34% but also could increase greenhouse gas emissions without proper disposal and infrastructure.

Despite the U.S. stepping back from some key international climate bodies and easing some environmental regulations, meaningful environmental progress is happening. In 2025, renewable energy surpassed coal as the world’s leading source of electricity — a historic first. Amazon deforestation also fell to an 11‑year low, and the High Seas Treaty reached the threshold to enter into force, advancing

A new climate adaptation model introduced by Yale School of the Environment Assistant Professor Brianna Castro and a global team of researchers reframes “move or stay” decisions, introducing a third framework of “tethered resilience.”

Brazil is the driving force behind the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), an international financing program that will provide economic incentives to promote tropical forest conservation. YSE News spoke with faculty experts about the benefits and challenges of the ambitious funding initiative that was formally launched at COP30. 

Professor Nyeema Harris spoke with YSE News about how humans and animals can coexist in city spaces.

YSE experts discuss the state’s strategies for advancing renewable energy in a shifting federal landscape.

COP30, 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

YSE Economists Kenneth Gillingham and Matt Kotchen were part of a Yale team that analyzed the “Musk partisan effect” on the company’s U.S. sales.

Global leaders will share strategies for advancing sustainability through community empowerment and cross-sector partnerships at the annual Yale Global Environmental Justice Conference.

Scientists 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.

Yale economists call for deeper analysis of the economic spillover effects of the clean energy transition on jobs, trade, and supply chains.