Archive: Georgetown Environment Initiative

• Study by Georgetown Professors, Graduate Students Reveals How Societies Have Survived Climate Change

  March 24, 2021

  A team of Georgetown professors and graduate students recently collaborated with researchers in Europe and China on a paper that examines an interdisciplinary field of study they coined the History of Climate and Society (HCS).

  Category: News Story Tags: Biology, Faculty, Georgetown Environment Initiative, Graduate Students, History, Research

• Greater Distance Moved by Migratory Bird Has Large Implications for Conservation

  February 11, 2021

  It’s well known that birds fly south for the winter, but just how far do they go? New research by post-doctoral fellow Calandra Stanley shows that yellow-billed cuckoos travel several thousands of kilometers in short spans of time during seasonal migrations.

  Category: News Story Tags: Georgetown Environment Initiative, Graduate Student, Research

• Professor Dagomar Degroot and Ph.D. Student Emma Moesswilde Podcast Their Way Through Climate History

  April 21, 2020

  Environmental historian Dagomar Degroot and Ph.D. student Emma Moesswilde have revamped Climate History, a podcast created by the Department of History professor that explores what the past can tell us about the present and future of climate change. Their latest episode discusses COVID-19 and its implications for our past, present and future.

  Category: News Story Tags: Faculty, Georgetown Environment Initiative, History, Research, Students