Researchers find flood risk in U.S. much greater than government estimate

Thursday, July 02, 2020

Researchers found that millions more Americans are threatened by flooding than suggested by government estimates.

No one wants to go back to lockdown. Is there a middle ground for containing Covid-19?

Wednesday, July 01, 2020

Governors last month started to “press pause” on the next phases of their reopenings as Covid-19 cases picked back up. Now, in certain hot spots, they are starting to roll back some of the allowances they’d granted. Will it be enough?

Tick numbers in Indiana residential areas growing

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

The presence of ticks in residential areas in Indiana is on the rise, according to research led by an assistant professor at Indiana University’s School of Public Health.

Coronavirus is creating a crisis of energy insecurity

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unpaid bills and energy shutoffs in many vulnerable US households. Indiana University researchers warn we need to act now to avoid yet another health emergency.

AAAS recognizes engagement projects connecting scientific and religious communities

Monday, June 29, 2020

Scientific and religious communities have come together in classrooms, houses of worship and online through a number of inclusive outreach efforts supported by AAAS’ Dialogue on Science, Ethics and Religion program.

Public’s help needed to develop a plan for Elkhart to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Monday, June 29, 2020

The City of Elkhart, through the work of Elkhart Environmental Center staff, and along with broad support and input from city staff and residents, will spend the next several months developing a climate action plan to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions.

Plan allows drilling, grazing near national monument

Sunday, June 28, 2020

A new U.S. government management plan unveiled Friday clears the way for coal mining and oil and gas drilling on land that used to be off limits as part of a sprawling national monument in Utah before President Donald Trump downsized the protected area two years ago.

City staff working on climate action plan

Saturday, June 27, 2020

This week, an IU graduate student joined the City of Goshen remotely as a summer extern, working with the Indiana Sustainability Development Program to help Goshen create a climate action plan.

IU Epidemiologist: Overseas data on reopening schools encouraging, but limited

Friday, June 26, 2020

Ana Bento, IU professor of public health and biology, says studies on the impact of COVID-19 on children are encouraging, but limited.

Daniel Becker wins the British Ecological Society’s Sidnie Manton Award

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

The British Ecological Society (BES) announced that Daniel Becker, postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University, has been awarded the Sidnie Manton Award for the best review article in Journal of Animal Ecology by an early career researcher.