In the Media

Oct 27, 2022
‘If I Were a Hospital, I’d be Reading the Tea Leaves’: Pressures Grow on the Health Care Industry to Reduce its Climate Pollution
The widely quoted statistic that health care accounts for 8.5% of the nation’s emissions was developed by Matthew Eckelman, associate professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University, Yale’s Sherman, and other colleagues. (Featured in Stat News)

Oct 10, 2022
Is Building More Dams the Way to Save Rivers?
“We have to design for the worst cases,” says Auroop Ganguly, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University in Boston. (featured in National Geographic)

Oct 04, 2022
Three Ways to Build Back Smarter After Hurricane Ian
CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly was quoted in the New York Times article “Three Ways to Build Back Smarter After Hurricane Ian.”

Sep 29, 2022
Hospitals in Coastal Cities Risk Flooding Even in ‘Weak’ Hurricanes, Study Finds
CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly was quoted in the New York Times article “Hospitals in Coastal Cities Risk Flooding Even in ‘Weak’ Hurricanes, Study Finds.”

Sep 15, 2022
In Mexico City, Public Transit Takes to the Air
Vice Provost of the PhD Network & CEE Professor Sara Wadia-Fascetti was featured in the Northeastern Experience magazine article “In Mexico City, public transit takes to the air.”

Sep 07, 2022
Research Team Uses Math To Help Allocate Resources During Natural Disasters
CEE Associate Professor Qi Ryan Wang was featured in the EastMojo article “Research Team Uses Math To Help Allocate Resources During Natural Disasters.”

Sep 06, 2022
Ganguly Featured for Global Weirding in Pakistan
CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly was featured in multiple articles regarding how global weirding is contributing to Pakistan’s deadly floods. Newsweek: Global Weirding: Humans Have Caused Chaos on Earth Irshi Videos: Pakistan Floods: From Melting Glaciers to ‘Monster Monsoon’, What Caused Deadly Floods? IV News Independent: What caused Pakistan’s deadly floods? From melting glaciers to ‘monster’ […]

Sep 05, 2022
When Will the Heatwave in California End?
Auroop R. Ganguly, director of the Sustainability & Data Sciences Laboratory at Northeastern University, told Newsweek that this so-called “global weirding” will only continue to worsen as greenhouse emissions skyrocket.