Patz Presents on Planetary Health
"Treatment for Today's Climate Emergency Can Save Way More Lives Than We Ever Imagined"
Cattle Laundering in Brazilian Amazon
Gibbs Lab finds that hard-to-monitor cattle trade sparks increased burning of forest.
Health Costs of Climate Change
U.S. climate-related events in 2012 cause over $10 billion in health-related costs.
How Solar Energy Became Cheap
Greg Nemet's new book tells the story of solar: the long road to economic viability and the lessons learned that could speed the progress of other low-carbon technology.
Latest News
September 08, 2020
Envisioning a future for grasslands in the United States
Tyler Lark's recent work highlighted in Nelson Institute News
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September 03, 2020
Nelson PhD candidate maps nearly one-third of the world's croplands, rural and farming communities stand to benefit
Aparna Phalke, an Environment and Resources (ER) PhD candidate, recently received international recognition for her work on a cropland area map of Europe, the Middle East, Russia, and Central Asia.
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Latest Publications
2020 · Land Use Policy
Protecting our prairies: Research and policy actions for conserving America’s grasslands
2020 · Nature Scientific Data
Harmonized global maps of above and below ground biomass carbon density in the year 2010
2020 · Science
The rotten apples of Brazil's agribusiness