Science & Technology

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education recently recognized the Midwest Climate Collaborative for advancing progress for a cleaner, carbon-neutral region.

Forest Park habitat restoration efforts have paid off. Surveys of bird species reveal increases in biodiversity over decades in the urban wildlife area located in the heart of St. Louis, according to new research from scientists with the Living Earth Collaborative.

WashU Arts & Sciences biologists Toby Pennington and Jonathan Myers contributed to an ambitious study on South America’s tropical forests, revealing important shifts in biodiversity.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found that diamond dust is not a suitable particle for stratospheric aerosol injection that could cool the Earth.

A new WashU Law report examining environmental racism in St. Louis offers updated data and a series of policy recommendations aimed at addressing longstanding disparities in health, housing and environmental conditions across the region.

Researchers at WashU are documenting the loss of the Sunlight glacier system near Sunlight Peak, Wyo.

WashU engineers are working to bring stability to iron components instead of using more expensive precious metals in fuel-cell technologies.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are testing for elevated lead levels potentially kicked up in the destructive path of the 2025 tornado.

Biology and engineering researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have uncovered the mechanism of plants’ twisting roots.

The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management has recognized Shiran Victoria Shen, an assistant professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, for her environment policy research.