{"id":2008,"date":"2025-01-10T00:04:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T05:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/?page_id=2008"},"modified":"2025-06-10T15:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:39:09","slug":"climate-and-global-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/research\/climate-and-global-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate and global change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-left department-header no-shadow has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5d3930cde09ff7255a323ed696a34c5f\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-deep-red-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left 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href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/research\/centers-and-institutes\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Centers and institutes<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/research\/fellowships\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Fellowships<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<nav id=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"breadcrumb\"><ol><li aria-current=\"page\" class=\"\">Clark University<\/li><\/ol><\/nav>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-climate-and-global-change\">Climate and global change<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"cards-search\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-block-group-is-layout-grid clarku_cl_cards clarku-post-filter-grid \">\t<div class=\"clarku-card-wrapper\"  >\n\t<a class=\"clarku-block-card is-style-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/research-highlights\/protecting-indigenous-lands-and-human-health\/\">\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Florencia_Sangermano_Brazil-300x169-jpg.avif\" class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Florencia Sangermano works with Indigenous communities in the Brazilian rainforest\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Florencia_Sangermano_Brazil-300x169-jpg.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Florencia_Sangermano_Brazil-1024x576-jpg.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Florencia_Sangermano_Brazil-768x432-jpg.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Florencia_Sangermano_Brazil-1536x864-jpg.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Florencia_Sangermano_Brazil-jpg.avif 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protecting Indigenous lands and human health<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Geographer Florencia Sangermano and her global colleagues conduct research on how Indigenous lands in the Amazon region help buffer and protect humans from forest fire-related illnesses and, in many cases, animal- and insect-borne diseases.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clarku-card-wrapper\"  >\n\t<a class=\"clarku-block-card is-style-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/research-highlights\/taking-the-temperature-of-global-health\/\">\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ellen-Foley-300x169.jpg\" class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ellen Foley, professor in the Department of Sustainability and Social Justice\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ellen-Foley-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ellen-Foley-1024x576-jpg.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ellen-Foley-768x432-jpg.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ellen-Foley-1536x864-jpg.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ellen-Foley-jpg.avif 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Taking the temperature of global health<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How do you measure global health? How can partnerships work toward improving health outcomes that are more equitable? Anthropologist Ellen Foley works to elevate the voices of experts from the Global South who explore those questions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clarku-card-wrapper\"  >\n\t<a class=\"clarku-block-card is-style-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/research-highlights\/entering-the-iceless-age\/\">\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Karen-Frey-research-300x169-jpg.avif\" class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Karen Frey conducting climate research in the Arctic.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Karen-Frey-research-300x169-jpg.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Karen-Frey-research-1024x575-jpg.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Karen-Frey-research-768x432-jpg.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Karen-Frey-research-1536x863-jpg.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Karen-Frey-research.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Entering the iceless age<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Arctic of the future figures to be warmer, stormier, and greener than ever imagined, says polar scientist Karen Frey, a longtime contributor to and a lead author on the annual Arctic Report Card, established by NOAA two decades ago.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clarku-card-wrapper\"  >\n\t<a class=\"clarku-block-card is-style-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/research-highlights\/what-will-we-eat-in-2050\/\">\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jack-Plant-Microbe-Interactions-300x169.jpg\" class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Biology Professor Chandra Jack studying plant microbe interactions in her lab\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jack-Plant-Microbe-Interactions-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jack-Plant-Microbe-Interactions-1024x576-jpg.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jack-Plant-Microbe-Interactions-768x432-jpg.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jack-Plant-Microbe-Interactions-1536x864-jpg.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jack-Plant-Microbe-Interactions-jpg.avif 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What will we eat in 2050?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Biologist Chandra Jack studies plant microbe interactions, examining how microbes influence traits such as when a plant flowers or whether it can compete against neighboring vegetation, and applies that knowledge to sustainable agriculture.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clarku-card-wrapper\"  >\n\t<a class=\"clarku-block-card is-style-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/research-highlights\/of-dung-beetle-hookups-and-climate-change\/\">\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Onthphagus-orpheus-300x169-jpg.avif\" class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Onthphagus orpheus\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Onthphagus-orpheus-300x169-jpg.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Onthphagus-orpheus-1024x576-jpg.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Onthphagus-orpheus-768x432-jpg.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Onthphagus-orpheus-1536x864-jpg.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Onthphagus-orpheus-jpg.avif 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Of dung beetle hookups and climate change<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For evolutionary biologist Erin McCullough, the mating rituals of dung beetles are not only fascinating, they also can provide a window into understanding how climate change might affect biodiversity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clarku-card-wrapper\"  >\n\t<a class=\"clarku-block-card is-style-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/research-highlights\/how-phytoplankton-helps-us-breathe\/\">\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alhgren-Lab-phytoplankton-300x169.jpg\" class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Biology Professor Nathan Ahlgren and a student in the lab investigating how iron nourishes and shapes the adaptation of\u00a0Synechococcus.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alhgren-Lab-phytoplankton-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alhgren-Lab-phytoplankton-1024x576-jpg.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alhgren-Lab-phytoplankton-768x432-jpg.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alhgren-Lab-phytoplankton-1536x864-jpg.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alhgren-Lab-phytoplankton-jpg.avif 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How phytoplankton helps us breathe<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Biologist Nathan Ahlgren is investigating how iron nourishes and shapes the adaptation of Synechococcus, a marine phytoplankton and a key driver to the photosynthesis that generates as much as 15 percent of the oxygen we breathe.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clarku-card-wrapper\"  >\n\t<a class=\"clarku-block-card is-style-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/research-highlights\/the-mysteries-of-the-mushroom\/\">\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/David-Hibbett-mushrooms-300x169.jpg\" class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Professor David Hibbett examining mushroom specimens at Fat Moon Farms\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/David-Hibbett-mushrooms-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/David-Hibbett-mushrooms-1024x576-jpg.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/David-Hibbett-mushrooms-768x432-jpg.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/David-Hibbett-mushrooms-1536x864-jpg.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/David-Hibbett-mushrooms.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The mysteries of the mushroom<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For years, David Hibbett, the Andrea B. and Peter D. Klein Distinguished Professor of Biology, has worked to unlock the secrets of mushrooms. Now, he and fellow biologist Javier Tabima Restrepo are working with students to research the fungal genus Lentinus.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clarku-card-wrapper\"  >\n\t<a class=\"clarku-block-card is-style-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/research-highlights\/how-are-climate-dollars-distributed\/\">\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sam-Cooper-Clarkfest-300x169.jpg\" class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Provost Sebasti\u00e1n Royo and Samuel Cooper \u201924 share a laugh during ClarkFEST on Oct. 25.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sam-Cooper-Clarkfest-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sam-Cooper-Clarkfest-1024x576-jpg.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sam-Cooper-Clarkfest-768x432-jpg.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sam-Cooper-Clarkfest-1536x864-jpg.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sam-Cooper-Clarkfest.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How are \u2018climate dollars\u2019 distributed?\u00a0<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After the Inflation Reduction Act, one of the most ambitious investments in climate and energy in U.S. history was signed into law, Samuel Cooper \u201924 was curious how New England would benefit compared to the rest of the country.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clarku-card-wrapper\"  >\n\t<a class=\"clarku-block-card is-style-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/research-highlights\/new-maps-show-where-tree-restoration-might-help-curb-climate-effects\/\">\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tree-restoration-research-300x169.jpg\" class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A tree canopy viewed from below\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tree-restoration-research-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tree-restoration-research-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tree-restoration-research-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tree-restoration-research-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/tree-restoration-research.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where tree restoration heats the Earth<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As efforts to restore tree cover accelerate to help avoid runaway climate change, a study by two Clark researchers highlights how restoring tree cover can, in some locations, heat up the Earth rather than cool it.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clarku-card-wrapper\"  >\n\t<a class=\"clarku-block-card is-style-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/research-highlights\/ai-meets-climate-science\/\">\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Shasta-Lake-research-300x169.jpeg\" class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"NASA Satellite image of Shasta 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