Research Publications

The production of maple syrup from sap requires extensive processing, which has traditionally led to significant energy inputs and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per gallon produced. Technology advanc...

The Great Lakes contain 20 percent of the world’s fresh surface water, a drinking source for 30- million people. The system is vital to manufacturing, largely due to efficient transportation of commod...

Incentivizing early retirement of gasoline vehicles could accelerate the transition to zero emission transportation. The U.S. aims to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 50% (from 2005 lev...

Vehicle electrification is one of the primary strategies being pursued for the decarbonization of the transportation sector. But to meet emissions reduction goals for that sector, the current vehicle ...

Informal settlements in African cities are faced with a combination of severe economic, infrastructural, and health-related challenges, which we hypothesize are linked to historical urban planning pro...

We investigate the impact of adoption of electric vehicles and cleaner fuels on future surface levels of PM2.5 and ozone over Delhi for two contrasting seasons, pre-monsoon and post-monsoon. We run th...

Understanding how consumption patterns affect the environment and shape well-being hinges on the rationale that the data collected on what is consumed, who consumes it, and where are indeed accurate. ...

This report examines current and potential demand for hydrogen in hard-to-abate end-uses including petroleum refining, chemicals, pulp and paper, steelmaking, cement, glass, semiconductor ma...

Urban road network is crucial stormwater infrastructure as city roads serve as paths for stormwater runoff and urban flooding. However, it remains unclear how different road networks influence urban f...

Environmental impacts of cannabis production are of increasing concern because it is a newly legal and growing industry. Although a handful of studies have quantified the impacts of indoor production,...

Health care is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, leading to climate change and public health harms. Changes are needed to improve the environmental sustainability of health-care practices, b...

Residential heat pumps could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but increase energy burdens, the proportion of income households spend on utility bills. We analyze utility bills, thermostat settings, an...

The burgeoning global cannabis industry, particularly in legal recreational and medical markets, raises environmental concerns. This study integrates Canada's cannabis industry data, employing a life ...

One-third of food produced globally is wasted while approximately 800 million people suffer from hunger. Meanwhile, food losses produce approximately 8% of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emi...

The protection of Earth’s stratospheric ozone (O3) is an ongoing process under the auspices of the universally ratified Montreal Protocol and its Amendments and adjustments. A critical part of this pr...

Urban agriculture has myriad benefits for those who participate in it, but it’s not guaranteed to be more climate-friendly than conventional agriculture. That said, there are some very specific steps ...

Widespread among Native American tribes in the Northeast prior to European settlement, with stories of maple production appearing in myths from the Abenaki, Iroquois, and Mi’kmaq peoples (UVM, 2022). ...

Automated trucking could be deployed based on a 'transfer hub' model. Human driven tractors will haul loads from urban origins to transfer hubs at the edge of Interstates; automated tractors will haul...

Rooftop solar adoption is critical for residential decarbonization and hinges on its value to households. Climate change will probably affect the value of rooftop solar through impacts on rooftop sola...

UV radiation, climate change, and plastic pollution are closely interlinked. Existing studies on the persistence of plastics do not fully consider these linkages, challenging global assessments of pla...

Zimbabwe's capital city, Harare, faces severe infrastructural challenges. The city is presented with major constraints in its ability to adequately provide services for its growing population while lo...

The Chinese central government has initiated pilot projects to promote the adoption of gasoline containing 10%v ethanol (E10). Vehicle emissions using ethanol blended fuels require investigation to es...

This Assessment Update by the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) considers the interactive effects of solar UV radiation, global warming, ...

Africa is predicted to be the fastest urbanizing continent over the next century, with its primary and secondary cities expected to experience rapid growth. On the continent, over 70 percent of daily ...