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UB faculty member Alex Schindel collaborates with the Climate and Resilience Education Task Force to draft legislation aimed at establishing a well-defined curriculum and learning standards for climate education in public pre-kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools. This proposed bill fosters a constructive dialogue among educators to explore the origins and consequences of climate change, while also furnishing curricular resources support for teachers.

A newly-published study co-authored by Dr. Beata Csatho - a UB faculty expert on sea level rise - highlights new climate data collected by NASA’s laser altimeter missions over two decades, outlining the rate of change in the melting of Earth’s ice caps and tracking other climate change induced topographical changes.

UB students in the Glacier Modeling Lab working under the Department of Geology are using the latest developments in AI technology to map the ever-changing landscape of glacial ice, namely the crevasse fields in the Pâkitsoq region of western Greenland. Researchers say this technology will help them to better understand metlwater movement and how it contributes to glacial sliding and subsequently increased sea levels.

A newly published UB-partnered study reveals that prolonged social media consumption can increase both acute and chronic inflammation in parts of the human body, suggesting that negative health outcomes are predicted to increase over time.