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April 24, 2026 - Science Films Can Inspire Mindful Observation That Grounds Audiences in Local Nature

April 21, 2026 - New York Climate Exchange Summit Confronts the Gap Between Data and Action

April 16, 2026 - Third Annual C4E Environmental Forum Ponders Managed Retreat vs. Coastal Defense

April 14, 2026 - Experts Join President Goldsmith to Confront the Climate Crisis and Chart a Path Forward

April 1, 2026 - Screening of ‘Drowned Land’ Explores Role of Water in Indigenous Resistance

April 1, 2026 - Stony Brook Faculty Selected as Climate Arts Residents at LMCC Arts Center on Governors Island

March 13, 2026 - Collaborative for the Earth Marks Another Year of Fostering Environmental Conversation

March 12, 2026 - Long Island Youth Climate Summit Inspires Local Students to Be Leaders

March 4, 2026 - From Stony Brook to Global Climate Tech: Alum Helps Scale Carbon Removal from Lab Concept to Commercial Reality

March 3, 2026 - Inaugural Climate Tech Fellow Showcases Hydrogen Storage Breakthrough

March 2, 2026 - Study Estimates Economic, Social Costs of Wildfire Smoke Pollution

February 16, 2026 - Could Extinct Species Save Today’s Forests? Scientist Makes the Case for Darwin Day

February 3, 2026 - Stony Brook Students Earn SUNY Climate Sustainability Awards

January 22, 2026 - SBU Researchers Seek Global Solutions to Conserve Coral Reefs

January 14, 2026 - SBU’s Collaborative for the Earth Debuts National Broadcast Special on Nuclear Energy

December 8, 2025 - International Team Reports Large Human Impacts from Extreme Weather Events in the Amazon

November 17, 2025 - Disaster Response, Climate Impacts Policy Expert Named Inaugural Knapp Infinity Chair

November 17, 2025 - Pole Position: Weisen Shen Aims to Make Stony Brook an Antarctic Force

October 29, 2025 - Stony Brook Leaders Named to SUNY Climate Research Task Force

October 23, 2025 - SBU Researchers Secure NSF Grant to Test Ancient Fern as Carbon Offset Solution

October 17, 2025 - SBU Team Explores Coastal Resilience and Community Development in Long Beach and the Rockaways

October 13, 2025 - Where Science Meets Hope: Pikitch Drives Global Change from Shinnecock to the Chesapeake

October 13, 2025 - Stony Brook Receives $22M for Cutting-Edge Thermal Energy Systems on Campus

October 6, 2025 - Film Prompts Discussion About What a ‘Rewilded’ Earth Might Look Like

October 3, 2025 - Adam Charboneau Is Named SUNY Sustainability Faculty Fellow

October 1, 2025 - Finding Common Ground: Film Screening on Governors Island Sparks Deeper Climate Observation

October 1, 2025 - Climate Tech Fellows Make Their Mark at The New York Climate Exchange Showcase

September 25, 2025 - New Research Highlights Financial Sustainability for Marine Protected Areas

September 23, 2025 - His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Awarded Stony Brook Council University Medal

September 16, 2025 - Can’t Miss Events for SBU Faculty, Students During Climate Week NYC

September 9, 2025 - Meet the Innovators: The New York Climate Exchange, SBU Welcome Climate Tech Fellows

August 22, 2025 - Pop into Climate and AI This Fall with One-Credit Online Courses

August 8, 2025 - New Charging Station Supports Student Mobility at Stony Brook University

June 23, 2025 - SBU, New York Climate Exchange Make Waves at UN Ocean Conference

May 23, 2025 - Stony Brook University Featured at SUNY State of the University Address

May 5, 2025 - SBU Students Joining The New York Climate Exchange Summer Internship Program

May 5, 2025 - See the Results of the Fill it Forward Challenge

April 28, 2025 - SBU Faculty Share Their Research at Climate Solutions Summit NYC

April 28, 2025 - SBU’s Climate Innovation: From Local Solutions to Global Impact

April 25, 2025 - SBU Hosts 2nd Annual Environmental Forum on Nuclear Energy’s Role in Climate Solutions

April 15, 2025 - Seeking Solutions: Stony Brook’s Role in Collaborative Climate Action

April 10, 2025 - Simons Center Gallery Combines Science and Art to Reflect on ‘Albedo’

April 10, 2025 - First-Ever Youth Climate Summit Engages Next Generation of Innovators

April 7, 2025 - Weathering the Storm: How SBU’s Climate Research Is Shaping Long Island’s Future

April 3, 2025 - Gobler Lab Research Gives Suffolk County a Path Forward on Water Quality

April 1, 2025 - Kick off Earth Month Through the Fill it Forward Challenge

April 1, 2025 - Why SBU Dares to Be an Environmental Steward

March 12, 2025 - EcoLeader Internship Program to Help Make SBU Facilities More Sustainable

March 11, 2025 - Stony Brook Kicks Off Clean Energy Lecture Series

February 21, 2025 - Stony Brook Powers Up with Environmental Bond Act Funding

February 18, 2025 - Tune in to Collaborative for the Earth Podcast on WUSB-FM

February 17, 2025 - Capturing a Changing Arctic: Paul Shepson’s Mission to Preserve Its Stories

January 21, 2025 - Collaborative for the Earth Releases Second Season of Podcast

January 17, 2025 - The New York Climate Exchange Seeks SBU Experts for First Climate Summit

January 13, 2025 - Fulbright Amazonia: Dávalos Bridges Borders to Confront Climate Challenges

January 13, 2025 - Stony Brook Places Second in New York Climate Exchange ‘AI Innovation Challenge’

December 30, 2024 - Pop into Online, 1-Credit ‘Climate Change and You’ Class This Spring

December 12, 2024 - Collaborative for the Earth’s Final Town Hall of 2024 Looks to External Partnerships

November 21, 2024 - The New York Climate Exchange Announces $10M Gift from Glenn Dubin and Eva Andersson-Dubin, MD

November 20, 2024 - Stony Brook Students Can Select a New Climate Sciences Major

November 19, 2024 - Q&A with Collaborative for the Earth Podcast Host Heather Lynch

November 14, 2024 - Stony Brook Team Gets Up-Close Look at the Future of Offshore Wind Energy

November 14, 2024 - Q&A with Turkana Basin Institute Director Dino Martins

November 12, 2024 - Collaborative for the Earth’s 2nd Town Hall Explores Academic Programs

November 6, 2024 - Climate Science Is the Star of the Third ‘Science on Stage’

October 15, 2024 - Stony Brook Hosts 2024 Climate Week NYC Program on Governors Island

October 3, 2024 - Collaborative for the Earth’s First Town Hall Weighs Environmental Issues Across Disciplines

August 22, 2024 - Third Round of Tiger Teams Initiative Focused on Climate Change Concludes

July 26, 2024 - Stony Brook Team Makes Finals of First-Ever Climate Exchange Innovation Challenge

July 16, 2024 - To the Ends of the Earth: Looking for Climate Change Answers at the South Pole

July 10, 2024 - Workshop Addresses Coral Reef Resilience and Conservation

June 28, 2024 - Navigating the Tipping Point: Climate Change and Its Impact on Long Island

June 10, 2024 - Climatic Warming Has Made Toxic Algal Blooms in Lake Erie More Intense

April 30, 2024 - Author Highlights Racial Health Disparities in Presidential Lecture

April 23, 2024 - SBUH Recognized for Commitment to Decarbonization to Achieve Climate Resilience

April 19, 2024 - First C4E Environmental Forum Takes on Offshore Wind Power

April 18, 2024 - Stony Brook Collaborative for the Earth Launches Podcast

April 11, 2024 - SBU Students Called to Compete in New York Climate Exchange AI Innovation Challenge

April 3, 2024 - Author Robinson Discusses the Urgency of Climate Crisis in Presidential Lecture

March 14, 2024 - SoCJ’s Calvi Publishes Book Exploring Climate Change Through Literary Journalism

March 6, 2024 - April 1 Presidential Lecture Features Author Kim Stanley Robinson

March 5, 2024 - Interdisciplinary Insights: Teaching Climate Change Through Different Lenses

February 9, 2024 - SBU Included in Another $4M in Grants for Offshore Wind Training and Workforce Development

January 18, 2024 - WSHU’s Higher Ground Podcast Goes National, Again

January 2, 2024 - What a Year for Stony Brook University

December 5, 2023 - Kevin Reed Joins National Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate

December 4, 2023 - SBUH Recognized by United Nations for Climate Change Commitment

November 15, 2023 - Professor Kevin Reed Named to Climate Leadership Role

November 10, 2023 - New Collaborative for the Earth to Be Led by Heather Lynch

November 9, 2023 - Stephen Hammer Named CEO of The New York Climate Exchange

November 2, 2023 - Author Jeff Goodell Talks Climate Change in Presidential Lecture

October 18, 2023 - President McInnis Meets with White House Climate Advisor

October 16, 2023 - Presidential Lecture Series October 25 with Jeff Goodell

October 10, 2023 - Scientists Call for Real-Time Forecasting of Tropical Cyclones in Light of Climate Change

August 10, 2023 - Taking a Global Look at Dry and Alternative Water Cooling of Power Plants

June 16, 2023 - President McInnis Discusses The New York Climate Exchange on PBS

April 27, 2023 - SBU Celebrates Being Selected as Anchor of ‘The Exchange’

April 24, 2023 - New York Climate Exchange Partners on this Historic Venture

April 24, 2023 - Stony Brook University Selected as Anchor Institution by NYC for World-leading Climate Center on Governors Island

March 27, 2023 - “State of the Bays, 2023: Love Where You Live” Lecture, April 4

January 19, 2023 - Climate Change Proves Deadly for Northern Bay Scallops

December 19, 2022 - SoCJ Students Take In-depth Look at Long Island’s Great South Bay

November 30, 2022 - Reality Deck Helps Researchers Visualize and Predict Storm Surge Emergencies

November 10, 2022 - Marine Scientists Urge Preservation of Egypt’s Coral Reefs

November 10, 2022 - Hospital Commits to White House’s Climate Goal of Reducing Emissions

November 1, 2022 - SoMAS Faculty, Staff Featured in WNBC-TV Digital Series on Climate Change

October 26, 2022 - International Collaboration Is Key to Addressing Global Climate Change

October 24, 2022 - New Course on Energy, Climate and Society Is a Cross-College Collaboration

October 19, 2022 - Study Shows Pandemic Led to Less Public Concern About Climate Change

October 18, 2022 - SOCJ’s Allen Wins National Academies Award for Climate Change Podcast

October 14, 2022 - Spring Course Explores Climate Crisis Through Science, Communication and Culture

April 26, 2022 - Research Predicts Massive Increase in Drought-Induced Migration

April 19, 2022 - Community Learning Day 2022 Encourages Climate Change Advocacy

April 19, 2022 - New Specialists Support New York Sea Grant’s Climate Resiliency and Coastal Literacy Efforts

April 12, 2022 - Study Shows Human-Induced Climate Change Is Affecting Hurricane Severity

February 1, 2022 - Improving the Global Response to Climate Change

October 15, 2021 - Stony Brook Students, Researchers Contribute to WSHU’s Higher Ground Podcast

September 29, 2021 - SBU Leads Climate Week Discussion on Creating Green Partnerships

September 28, 2021 - Study Shows Climate Change Could Be Altering the Marine Food Web

September 20, 2021 - Alda Center Launches Climate Conversations Workshop

April 6, 2021 - Should We Use Technology to Slow Global Warming?

October 8, 2020 - Climate Research May Help Reduce “Snail Fever” Worldwide

February 14, 2020 - Christopher Sellers Acts to Safeguard Environmental Data

February 10, 2020 - Sotiropoulos Op-Ed: Invest in Climate Change

January 17, 2020 - CBS News Covers SBU Scientists Studying Climate Change in Antarctica

January 2, 2020 - Study Uses New Forecasting Tools to Show How Climate Change Affected Hurricane Florence

June 5, 2019 - Donovan Finn Receives Early Career Faculty Innovator Award

April 23, 2019 - NSF-Funded Research Probes Intersection of Tectonics and Biology

February 27, 2019 - Climatologist Michael Mann Targets Climate Change Denial in Upcoming Lecture

February 6, 2019 - Two SBU Teams Awarded Ocean Research Grants to Study Waters off NY

June 26, 2018 - International Student STEM Competition at SBU to Focus on Climate Change

In the Media

August 6, 2025 - Stony Brook University professor breaks down Tuesday’s magnitude 2.7 earthquake

August 4, 2025 - More extreme rainfall and downpours predicted for Long Island due to climate change, experts say

May 2, 2025 - Stony Brook University to offer new climate sciences major, as student demand and job prospects grow

February 20, 2025 - Take a sneak peek at $700 million Governors Island climate hub

January 21, 2025 - Stony Brook University joins inaugural Climate Solutions Summit NYC

January 17, 2025 - 2024 climate data reveals record highs in Suffolk County

December 30, 2024 - New York aims to fine polluters up to $75 billion with new climate law

October 8, 2024 - Hurricane Milton’s rapid intensification linked to climate change, scientists say

October 3, 2024 - Hurricane Helene was a historic storm. Climate change likely made it worse

July 1, 2024 - As climate change makes extremes more extreme, rainfall is no different

June 25, 2024 - Climate Change Worsens Air Pollution–Linked Health Problems

June 13, 2024 - Climate change has made toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie more intense, scientists show

May 23, 2024 - SUNY Chancellor John King cites LI campuses for climate research, diversity

March 18, 2024 - New York Climate Exchange: What to know about Stony Brook U.-anchored project

March 11, 2024 - A Living Laboratory for Climate Takes Shape on NYC’s Governors Island