Coastal wetlands — threatened by rising seas — are nature’s powerhouses for capturing and storing carbon. USC researchers are studying how to protect these essential ecosystems.
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Released by the melting permafrost, mercury is putting the food chain — and the communities that depend on it — at risk. USC scientists seek a better way to assess the hazard.
A USC study reveals that people are more familiar with tried-and-true names for climate change — including “climate change.”
At the USC Capital Campus, the USC Dornsife Public Exchange and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy explore how nature can be used to fight floods, heatwaves, fires and more.
USC experts weigh in on combating climate change with plant-based food.
Giancarlo Ceja is determined to advocate for low-income neighborhoods affected by rising temperatures and pollution.
USC Dornsife doctoral candidate Kyla Kelly is studying how various factors impact deadly Pseudo-nitzschia blooms.
New technology from USC and Caltech could significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the global shipping industry. See the story, photos and video.
EARTH MONTH: USC Dornsife’s Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability will use the Ballmer Group gift to study decarbonization strategies
Published in the journal Climatic Change, the study is USC’s second collaboration with the U.N. Foundation aimed at improving science communications.