A new LMU study shows the extent to which human influence is altering natural land carbon stocks.

Heat waves are becoming more common, severe and long-lasting. These prolonged periods of hot weather can be especially dangerous in already hot places like Texas. Now, researchers say it’s not just sky-high temperatures that make a heat wave unsafe, it’s also the heat-related increase in airborne pollutants. The researchers will present their results at ACS Fall 2025.

When climate disasters strike, survivors sometimes have to make difficult decisions about whether to rebuild or move to higher ground. But who is stuck in place, and who can afford to move to safety? And what do they bring with them when they go?

Two UVM researchers wanted to explore these questions. Building on their previous study examining American migration patterns from 2010 through 2020, Mahalia Clark and Gillian Galford expanded the scope of the research by digging into how different types of extreme weather, including floods, hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, and other storms, affected where Americans—and their household incomes—are moving.

Much previous work in the social sciences has involved researchers – often but not always from the Global North – collecting data from rural communities in the Global South on a wide range of topics from public health to education, agriculture and climate change. Such ‘helicopter’ research is not good practice as it often involves an asymmetry of power and knowledge that invariably disadvantages local communities. So how can research be made more equitable? This is the topic of an analysis undertaken by Jasper Knight from the Wits School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, who is also chair of the University’s Non-Medical Ethics Committee, in a new research study published in the International Journal of Qualitative Methods.