The world is fast approaching an all-hands-on-deck moment as the climate crisis picks up speed. All change, mitigation, and progress must come from knowledge, insight, and research. Academic institutions provide the scholarly building blocks necessary to create an informed and capable citizenry. The future depends upon our readiness to face the impending challenges before us all. Whether it is discipline-specific research or interdisciplinary connections, Smith faculty continue to produce important contributions toward addressing the crisis at hand.

For this exhibit, Smith ScholarWorks has brought together research that exemplifies these contributions. The collection is a living collection which will add scholarship as it is produced. It includes: faculty research out of, and often across, a multitude of disciplines; collaborations with colleagues in and out of Smith, or with students; as well as individually created work. From raw research to poetic meditations on the Anthropocene— it is an impressive body of work making a positive impact on our community: locally, regionally, and globally.

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Climate in Arts and History: Promoting Climate Literacy Across Disciplines

Climate in Arts and History: Promoting Climate Literacy Across Disciplines

The Impact of Weather Shocks on Employment Outcomes: Evidence from South Africa

The Impact of Weather Shocks on Employment Outcomes: Evidence from South Africa

Direct and Indirect Effects of Altered Temperature Regimes and Phenological Mismatches on Insect Populations

Direct and Indirect Effects of Altered Temperature Regimes and Phenological Mismatches on Insect Populations

People Move, Policies Don’t: Discursive Partition Against Climate-Impacted Dwellers in Urbanizing Bangladesh

People Move, Policies Don’t: Discursive Partition Against Climate-Impacted Dwellers in Urbanizing Bangladesh

Light Pollution, Radio Interference, and Space Debris: Threats and Opportunities in the 2020s

Light Pollution, Radio Interference, and Space Debris: Threats and Opportunities in the 2020s

The Fluvial Imagination: On Lesotho’s Water-Export Economy

The Fluvial Imagination: On Lesotho’s Water-Export Economy

Scientist's Warning on Climate Change and Insects

Scientist's Warning on Climate Change and Insects

How Does Climate Change Uniquely Threaten Women?

How Does Climate Change Uniquely Threaten Women?

Long-Term Migration Trends and Rising Temperatures: The Role of Irrigation

Long-Term Migration Trends and Rising Temperatures: The Role of Irrigation

African Environmental Change from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene

African Environmental Change from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene

Wasteland Ecologies: Undomestication and Multispecies Gains on an Anthropocene Dumping Ground

Wasteland Ecologies: Undomestication and Multispecies Gains on an Anthropocene Dumping Ground

Can Farmers Adapt to Higher Temperatures? Evidence from India

Can Farmers Adapt to Higher Temperatures? Evidence from India