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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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Carbon Neutrality Should Not Be the End Goal: Lessons for Institutional Climate Action From U.S. Higher Education

Carbon Neutrality Should Not Be the End Goal: Lessons for Institutional Climate Action From U.S. Higher Education

Policy Insights From the EMF 32 Study on U.S. Carbon Tax Scenarios

Policy Insights From the EMF 32 Study on U.S. Carbon Tax Scenarios

Temperature and Economic Activity: Evidence from India

Temperature and Economic Activity: Evidence from India

Meeting Potential New U.S. Climate Goals

Meeting Potential New U.S. Climate Goals

Co-Designed Land-Use Scenarios and Their Implications for Storm Runoff and Streamflow in New England

Co-Designed Land-Use Scenarios and Their Implications for Storm Runoff and Streamflow in New England

Coral Gardens Reef, Belize: A Refugium in the Face of Caribbean-Wide Acropora Spp. Coral Decline

Coral Gardens Reef, Belize: A Refugium in the Face of Caribbean-Wide Acropora Spp. Coral Decline

Meeting U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals with the International Air Pollution Provision of the Clean Air Act

Meeting U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals with the International Air Pollution Provision of the Clean Air Act

Fossil Fuel Divestment in U.S. Higher Education: Endowment Dependence and Temporal Dynamics

Fossil Fuel Divestment in U.S. Higher Education: Endowment Dependence and Temporal Dynamics

Heatwaves and Novel Host Consumption Increase Overwinter Mortality of an Imperiled Wetland Butterfly

Heatwaves and Novel Host Consumption Increase Overwinter Mortality of an Imperiled Wetland Butterfly

Electric sector policy, technological change, and U.S. emissions reductions goals: Results from the EMF 32 model intercomparison project

Electric sector policy, technological change, and U.S. emissions reductions goals: Results from the EMF 32 model intercomparison project

Adaptation to Climate Change: Historical Evidence from the Indian Monsoon

Adaptation to Climate Change: Historical Evidence from the Indian Monsoon

“Climate Refugees”—A Useful Concept?

“Climate Refugees”—A Useful Concept?

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