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News & Research
Americans Are Underestimating the Dangers of Extreme Heat
YSE Senior Research Scientist Jennifer Marlon breaks down what’s driving the perception gap between rising temperatures and public risk — and it’s not just lack of information.
Canopy Magazine
Market Correction
Alumni at Work
From creating NYC Summer Streets to recycling billions of pieces of hard-to-recycle waste to helping tens of thousands of people connect to the outdoors, YSE alumni really are everywhere. Follow our Alumni at Work series — in print and video — to learn more about the impact our alumni are making globally.
Ali Golden ’19 MEM
Terracycle
Walker Holmes ’11 MEM
Trust for Public Land
Dani Simons ’04 MES
Alstom
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In The Media
The government might tell you to take a shorter shower. Here’s why
If you live in a city of 1 million people, your 15% cut (in water use) isn't going to save the city, but if everybody does it, or half the people do it, then you really have an effect.
Shimon C. Anisfeld
Senior Lecturer II and Research Scientist in Water Resources and Environmental Chemistry
If you live in a city of 1 million people, your 15% cut (in water use) isn't going to save the city, but if everybody does it, or half the people do it, then you really have an effect.
Shimon C. Anisfeld
Senior Lecturer II and Research Scientist in Water Resources and Environmental Chemistry
What is the most American animal?
It’s America because we have bald eagles and timber rattlesnakes and black-footed ferrets. All are valued, all are needed, and all are celebrations of America.
Nyeema Harris
Knobloch Family Associate Professor of Wildlife and Land Conservation
It’s America because we have bald eagles and timber rattlesnakes and black-footed ferrets. All are valued, all are needed, and all are celebrations of America.
Nyeema Harris
Knobloch Family Associate Professor of Wildlife and Land Conservation
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