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Featured Connection: Filmmaking
Lights, Camera, Action! The ocean has been the backdrop for some of the greatest movies. It has also been the backdrop for many mediocre movies, but hey, that’s not the ocean’s fault. The point is that for a filmmaker, the ocean provides you with an incredibly wide...
Environmental Justice Thought Leaders
Robert Bullard Any list of environmental justice luminaries has to start with Dr. Robert Bullard, the man many consider the "Father of environmental justice." Dr. Bullard was one of the first to understand the unequal environmental burdens faced by vulnerable...
Caribbean Voices for Climate Justice
We are big fans of Professor April Baptiste, who teaches Environmental Studies and Africana and Latin American Studies at Colgate University. A few months back, we recommended watching a video of her lecture on climate justice and the Caribbean (here is a link to that...
Justice40 Initiative
The Federal Government has made it a goal that 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution. What kinds of investments fall within the Justice40...
Featured Connection: Physical Oceanography
Physical oceanography – one of the four main branches of oceanography – involves studying the properties (such as temperature and density) and movement (such as waves, currents, and tides) of ocean water. It also involves studying the interaction between the ocean and...
Nearly 10% of Marine Life Threatened with Extinction
The effects of human activity from climate change to pollution, are "devastating" marine life, with nearly a tenth of underwater plants and animals assessed so far threatened with extinction, the latest Red List of Threatened Species showed on Friday. More than 1,550...
Vanuatu Seeks Climate Justice
The Pacific island nation Vanuatu and 17 other countries recently published a draft resolution asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to clarify what responsibilities governments around the world have to protect future generations from climate change. The...
Featured Connection: Geological Oceanography
The Last Unexplored Frontier The ocean contains 99% of the living space on earth, but less than 10% has been explored. We actually know more about the surface of Mars than we do about the deepest parts of the ocean. So, when it comes to unexplored frontiers, our vote...
Featured Connection: Photojournalism
The Image as News Photojournalism is a form of journalism that uses images instead of words to tell a news story. Photographic images can reveal great truths, expose wrongdoing and neglect, and inspire hope and understanding through the language of visual...
White House Releases First-of-a-Kind Indigenous Knowledge Guidance for Federal Agencies
Last week, the White House released first-of-a-kind guidance for Federal Agencies on recognizing and including Indigenous Knowledge in Federal research, policy, and decision-making. According to the White House website, Indigenous Knowledge is a body of observations,...
Digital Nation
Tuvalu, a group of nine islands halfway between Hawaii and Australia, is building a digital version of itself, replicating islands and landmarks and preserving its history and culture as rising sea levels threaten to submerge the tiny Pacific island nation. Tuvalu's...
Featured Connection: Environmental Science
Environmental Science integrates natural and social sciences to study how the environment and man-made processes interact with one another. It is an interdisciplinary field that incorporates ecology, chemistry, biology, hydrology, earth and soil sciences, atmospheric...