Climate Change
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Annual Commons Unplugged Week celebrates sustainability Oct. 15–21
The fourth annual Commons Unplugged environmental awareness week, Oct. 15–21, celebrates sustainability, natural-resource conservation and energy conservation through events with first-year students. Read MoreOct 13, 2017
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Exhibit translates scientific discoveries into art celebrating Vanderbilt’s Nobel laureates
A new exhibit on display at the Wond'ry honors the discoveries of Vanderbilt's Nobel laureates by translating them into beautiful works of art. Read MoreOct 13, 2017
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2017 Southern Festival of Books, C-SPAN to feature Vanderbilt authors
Two Vanderbilt Law School professors who are among featured authors at the Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word will be on panels to be broadcast live on C-SPAN Oct. 14. Read MoreOct 12, 2017
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Celebrate Campus Sustainability Month with SEMO/SustainVU in October
In celebration of Campus Sustainability Month, join SustainVU for several sustainability-themed events in October. Read MoreOct 6, 2017
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Research experts on flood impacts to infrastructure, contaminants, policies
A number of Vanderbilt professors can provide interviews about rethinking how and why we rebuild after disasters, designing policies to keep Americans safe and predicting extreme weather impacts. Read MoreSep 13, 2017
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Wet and stormy weather lashed California coast…8,200 years ago
A study of stalagmite records from the White Moon Cave in the Santa Cruz Mountains finds the California coast was lashed by exceptionally wet and stormy weather for 150 years...8,200 years ago. Read MoreJun 20, 2017
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Better models predict weather disaster outcomes, help plan recoveries
Bayesian modeling can include hundreds of data points and present a range of potential events and options for dealing with them. Read MoreJun 2, 2017
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Web-based tool will help government realistically plan for climate change
Researchers are studying how commerce and flood control on inland waterways and the residents along them must change. Read MoreJun 2, 2017
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Climate change took away ancient animals’ food supply; holds implications for today’s wildlife
Analysis suggests that climate change had a significant impact on megafauna diets and was a primary factor in their extinction. Read MoreJun 2, 2017
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Vanderbilt researchers studying Bangladesh for harbinger of climate change impact
An island off the nation's coast demonstrates land use mismanagement can be far more damaging than rising sea levels. Read MoreJun 2, 2017
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Expert: Private industry, better messaging can help overcome damage from Paris withdrawal
Vanderbilt University law and earth science professors contend initiatives that reduce carbon emissions from corporations and households can fill some of the gap. Read MoreJun 2, 2017
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Gilligan, Vandenbergh win Morrison Prize for climate change article
Two Vanderbilt professors have won the $10,000 Morrison Prize for their article on sustainability. Read MoreFeb 9, 2017
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Climate change helped kill off super-sized Ice Age animals in Australia
A new study has compared the diet of a variety of Australian megafaunal herbivores from the period when they were widespread (350,000 to 570,000 years ago) to a period when they were in decline (30,000 to 40,000 years ago) by studying their fossil teeth. The analysis suggests that climate change had a significant impact on their diets and may well have been a primary factor in their extinction. Read MoreJan 26, 2017
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Cave study designed to solve puzzle of prehistoric megadroughts in the western U.S.
Paleoclimatic cave study in California is designed to identify the factors that made megadroughts commonplace in the western U.S. from 5,000 to 8,000 years ago. Read MoreAug 26, 2016
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Measuring drought impact in more than dollars and cents
A pair of Vanderbilt doctoral students has assembled a multi-disciplinary team of graduate students from around the country to conduct a multi-faceted study of how people are affected by and responding to drought conditions in the United States. Read MoreApr 13, 2016
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Vanderbilt speaker says climate change can be battled with pro-business solutions
Former congressman Bob Inglis will speak April 12 at Vanderbilt Law School about business and climate change. Read MoreApr 8, 2016
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How to make electric vehicles that actually reduce carbon
Scientists from Vanderbilt and George Washington universities have worked out a way to make electric vehicles that not only are carbon neutral but carbon negative. Read MoreMar 2, 2016
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Vanderbilt on team to develop advanced nuclear reactors to reduce carbon emissions
Vanderbilt University is part of a new public-private partnership that has been awarded up to $40 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to explore, develop and demonstrate advanced nuclear reactor technologies to help America meet its goals for carbon emission reduction. Read MoreJan 27, 2016
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Climate Change Literature: A New Fictional Genre about a Real Problem
Watch video of The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt’s winter class – “Climate Change Literature: A New Fictional Genre about a Real Problem” on Thursday, January 21. Read MoreJan 21, 2016
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Growth rings on rocks provide new insights into past climates
Application of new micro-analytical techniques have transformed rocks and gravel buried in a special type of soil into a rich source of data about past climates that can help scientists understand how the climate will change in the future. Read MoreJan 15, 2016