Sustainability, climate change and other related issues from USC News.
- VIDEO, STORY and PHOTOS: As USC celebrates its fifth annual Green Week, the installation of 1,042 solar modules atop the Carole Little Building is the latest in a series of sustainability milestones.
- Microbes that filter methane from the ocean floor may hold new clues to addressing climate change, USC Dornsife researchers and colleagues find.
- The certification of USC’s Washington, D.C., facility underscores the university’s commitment to sustainability coast to coast.
- STORY, VIDEOS AND PHOTOS: USC scientists are exploring how the sandy seafloor off the Southern California coast takes up CO2 and helps protect the long-term health of our oceans.
- Rosi Dagit realized that the post-fire mud flows would likely smother everything in their path — including the endangered fish in Topanga Creek — so she mobilized a team that included USC Sea Grant as a key player.
- New research shows how a shipboard system using limestone and seawater could cut maritime CO2 emissions by 50%.
- USC deans and faculty share climate research and insights as part of a full day of programming at the USC Capital Campus.
- USC is a top destination for students, faculty and staff seeking purpose-driven work, collaborative learning and innovative discovery — all because the university prioritized health, computing, community development, sustainability, athletics and the arts.
- USC Price’s Wändi Bruine de Bruin presents findings to the National Academy of Sciences and calls for research to better understand and address Americans’ concerns about new energy infrastructure.
- A USC-led team led by USC Dornsife researchers has uncovered a hidden culprit behind the Amazon rainforests’ slow recovery: water loss caused by reshaped terrain.