In this episode, we’ll explore plants’ important roles in the world’s diverse biomes. Whether in a desert, the savanna, or a tropical rainforest, plants have an important role in the ecological ...

Many people are familiar with the term “growing zone” as it is often included on plant labels that help gardeners decide which plants might thrive in their home gardens. A plant tag may say “Zones 3-6 ...

Welcome to Crash Course Climate and Energy! Over the next 12 episodes, we’re going to take a look at the ways climate change is affecting our planet, untangle the evolving energy landscape, and learn ...

A dozen Harvard students huddled around a table — their laptops open — trying to find new words to redefine a phenomenon they've seen happening their whole lives: climate change. That's the assignment ...

Climate change has long been a subject primarily taught in the earth sciences and associated natural science disciplines. Contributors to the IPCC assessment reports, however, point to the urgency and ...

For today’s college students, climate change can feel both impossible to avoid and impossible to solve. On campus and back home, heat waves, floods, storms and droughts are taking a toll on students’ ...

As a faculty member, unless you’re a climate scientist or an environmental engineer, it’s easy to assume there’s little or nothing you can do to deal with climate change. Likewise, the idea that, to ...

Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences has increased the number of climate-related courses across several disciplines and departments in recent years, following University-wide efforts to expand ...

Debra J. Rosenthal does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...