Climate Change Research at Smith College
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.
What Does it Take to Reduce Massachusetts Emissions 50% by 2030? Challenges Meeting Climate Goals Under Current Legislation (S.2500)
The ‘Others’ in John Lanchester’s The Wall
“You don’t wanna teach little kids about climate change”: Beliefs and Barriers to Sustainability Education in Early Childhood
Oceans in Peril: Grand Challenges in Applied Water Quality Research for the 21st Century
“Indigenous Women on the Frontlines of Climate Activism: The Battle for Environmental Justice in the Amazon” Sônia Guajajara and Célia Xakriabá
Coral Gardens Reef, Belize: An Acropora spp. Refugium under Threat in a Warming World
Human and Nonhuman in Hawaii: Agency, Elegy, Ecology
Temperature and Human Capital in India
Embedding Climate Change Engagement in Astronomy Education and Research
Groundwater Depletion in India: Social Losses from Costly Well Deepening
Peak Grain Forecasts for the US High Plains Amid Withering Waters
Carbon Pricing Approaches for Climate Decisions in U.S. Higher Education: Proxy Carbon Prices for Deep Decarbonization