Recent news from The Johns Hopkins University
This section contains regularly updated highlights of the news from around The Johns Hopkins
University. Links to the complete news reports from the nine schools,
the Applied Physics Laboratory and other centers and institutes are to
the left, as are links to help news media contact the Johns Hopkins
communications offices.
As triple-digit temperatures scorch millions in California and the Desert West, stoking wildfires and exacerbating drought conditions, Johns Hopkins experts can discuss the environmental and health impacts of the heat wave, and how officials can better prepare for the rest of the summer.
June 16, 2021 Tags: Arizona, Ben Zaitchik, California, drought, environment, environmental justice, health equity, heat, heat wave, Nevada, urban heat, Utah, Wildfires
| Category: Earth Science, Environment, Uncategorized
Trillions of cicadas are poised to get their buzz on across much of the United States, with the once-every-17-year emergence of Brood X. Hope you’re hungry!
One person’s infestation is another’s free eco-friendly lunch, according to Johns Hopkins University sustainable food expert Jessica Fanzo, author of the forthcoming Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet?
Fanzo, who plans to collect and eat cicadas herself as soon as they hit her own backyard, can explain how the insects have as much protein as red or other factory-farmed meat, but without the harsh environmental effects, including greenhouse gases and biodiversity loss.
May 13, 2021 Tags: alternative protein, cicadas, climate change, eating insects, environment, factory farming, Jessica Fanzo
| Category: Environment, Public Health, Public policy, University-Related
With climate change looming, what must people hear to convince them to change their ways to stop harming the environment? A new Johns Hopkins University study finds stories to be significantly more motivating than scientific facts— at least for some people.
April 26, 2021 Tags: climate action, climate change, environment, Paul Ferraro, pollution, scicoms, science communications, storytelling
| Category: Environment
With a $20 million gift from the estate of trustee emeritus and alumnus Ralph S. O’Connor, the Johns Hopkins University and its Whiting School of Engineering today announced the establishment of the Ralph S. O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) to serve as the university’s interdisciplinary home for ongoing research and education aimed at creating clean, renewable, and sustainable energy technologies.
April 22, 2021 Tags: clean energy, climate change, environment, Johns Hopkins, Ralph S. O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute, Ralph S. O’Connor, renewable energy, ROSEI, sustainable energy
| Category: Engineering, Environment, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, University-Related
China, already the world’s leading emitter of human-caused greenhouse gases, continues to pump increasing amounts of climate-changing methane into the atmosphere despite tough new regulations on gas releases from its coal mines, a new Johns Hopkins study shows.
January 29, 2019 Tags: climate change, emissions, Engineering, environment, global warming, greenhouse gases, methane, Scot Miller
| Category: Engineering, Environment
Some potentially toxic chemicals in water may be created, ironically, during the water treatment process itself.
May 2, 2018 Tags: environment, Environmental Health and Engineering, wastwater treatment, water pollution, water quality, water treatment
| Category: Engineering, Environment
These news tips come from stories in the winter issue of Johns Hopkins Magazine.
March 2, 2018 Tags: asteroid impact, asteroids, Conowingo Dam, CRISPR, environment, environmental engineering, extinction, genetic engineering, phosphorus, silt, water pollution
| Category: Earth Science, Engineering, Environment, Medicine and Nursing
While previous studies of the brain suggest that processing of objects and places occur in very different locations, a Johns Hopkins University research team has found they are closely related.
September 18, 2014 Tags: 3-D, brain processing, Charles E. Connor, Ed Connor, environment, object information, ventral pathway, visual processing
| Category: Psychology, Uncategorized
Refuting their image as careless polluters, “large and dirty” industrial firms are recognizing that it makes economic sense to adopt eco-friendly strategies, says a Johns Hopkins University business professor who has co-authored a paper on the topic.
October 1, 2012 Tags: Carey Business School, corporate governance, environment, industry, Johns Hopkins University, Phillip H. Phan
| Category: Business and Economics, Environment, Uncategorized
