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Jennifer Marlon says India’s climate-impact data can guide leaders in shaping adaptation, communication, and sustainable development policies.

Marlon says India’s new climate maps give leaders actionable insight to tailor adaptation, communication, and development policies to public needs.

Yale GIS Accelerator helped a doctoral student map how American traveling circuses evolved from wagon routes to rail networks.

Professors Karen Seto, Xuhui Lee, and Anthony Leiserowitz were named among Clarivate’s top 1% most-cited researchers.

Miriam Olivares has been honored with the 2025 Linda Lorimer Award in recognition of her leadership in advancing geospatial research and training.

Professor Seto received the 2026 Franklin Institute Award for her groundbreaking work on urbanization and land-use change.

Prof. Malone used satellite data & machine learning to show that fire-regimes help Florida’s subtropical forests recover faster and become productive.

Astronaut Fred Haise shares how resilience, teamwork and adaptability helped him face unexpected challenges on the Apollo 13 mission.

YSE scientists created a data-driven framework to help planners target the most effective sites for equitable urban tree planting.

A new analysis finds that 30,000 more Americans are expected to die from wildfire-smoke exposure annually by 2050

Prof. Salazar‑Miranda found urban spaces are shifting from social spots to fast-through thoroughfares — with people walking faster and lingering less.

Dr. Seto estimates that “urban expansion will result in building a city equivalent in size of New York City every eight days for the next 35 years.”

YAPP combined multispectral & thermal imaging, ethnobotanical surveys, and residue analysis to study ancient medicine.

Belief systems about climate change are more tightly connected in richer, information-dense regions and looser in poorer or fossil-fuel reliant areas.

Majorities of Americans believe global warming is already affecting extreme weather like heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, floods, and sea-level rise.

Prof. Seto found that climate change and urban heat delay spring leaf-out in NYC trees by disrupting winter cues.

Dr. Jennifer Marlon noted that heat concern fades within a year and urged clear, visual, and community-based messaging to sustain awareness.

Juwon Kong, a postdoctoral associate in the Seto Lab, finds that urban heat is delaying, not advancing, spring in New York City’s parks.

Dr. Marlon noted that flash flooding isn’t new but has worsened with global warming, urging action on climate change and fossil fuel dependence.

Yale’s online Environmental Data Science Certificate teaches key data skills to tackle real-world environmental issues. Applications open July 1, 2025

Dr. Marlon warned that wildfire has become the new baseline in the Western landscape—but emphasized that “doing nothing is not a neutral choice.”

Yale has launched a new Center for Geospatial Solutions to enhance its research, training, and infrastructure in geospatial science and data analysis.

Dr. Marlon emphasized that heat advisories are vital for protecting lives, especially in places like Alaska unaccustomed to extreme heat.

Emmitt Thulin, a student Event Coordinator, reflects on organizing a heartfelt tribute to Dr. Dana Tomlin, marking a meaningful semester at the YCGS.

Yale Professor Dana Tomlin, pioneer of Map Algebra and a founding figure in GIS, reflects on his career and how he helped shape geospatial analysis.

In Conversation with wildfire and climate researcher Dr. Jennifer Marlon

Miriam Olivares emphasized that the GIS Accelerator program’s success stems from participants’ eagerness to learn and the Jill Kelly’s teaching.

Moderated by ISPS Director Alan Gerber, Sterling Professor of Political Science, the event featured Beverly Gage, John Lewis Gaddis and Shiro Kuriwaki

The Yale community gathered at Sachem’s Wood on April 8, 2024, to witness a breathtaking 91% solar eclipse. 

Yale will create a new Center for Geospatial Solutions (YCGS) to enhance the university’s research, training, and engagement infrastructure.

Yichen Yang, a PhD Candidate in Yale School of the Environment, has been awarded Yale University’s Esri Innovation Program (EIP) Student of the Year.

Global study maps UHI in over 9,500 cities using MODIS and Google Earth Engine, offering a web app with 16 years of high-resolution global heat data.

Remote sensing’s growth and YCEO’s 25 years of training highlight Yale’s expanding Earth observation expertise and the center’s leadership transition.

Yale’s new drone workshop shows how UAS can create ultra-detailed 3D models, expand remote sensing research, and inspire student projects from mapping

Yale alum and TED Prize winner Sarah Parcak returns April 6 to discuss her pioneering satellite-based archaeology and citizen science initiatives

Workshop in Muguga trained researchers in open-source GIS, remote sensing, and ecological modeling to map tsetse flies, supported by Yale collaborator

Yale study finds convection, not lost vegetation, is the main driver of daytime urban heat islands, especially in wet cities, reshaping strategies for