Jun 164 minIs the U.S. Prepared to Protect Climate Refugees? BY CHIARA FIELDS Through his speech and highly restrictive refugee quotas, President Donald Trump succeeded in cultivating a racist and...
May 55 minClimate Justice Is Queer Liberation Is Climate JusticeUntil we address the unique circumstances of the LGBTQ+ community, we will not achieve climate justice.
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Feb 263 minCoral Reefs: Media’s Negligence in Covering (some) Major Environmental IssuesBY ANASTASSIA ROBERTS Nemo lived in a beautiful home, didn’t he? Anemone was considered shelter, neighboring fish were deemed friends,...
Feb 114 minAre Tech Billionaires Ruining Our Chances at Combating Climate Change?BY DANIEL SJOHOLM File photo of a New Shepard launch in 2019. Credit: Blue Origin For as long as humans have existed, we've dreamed of...
Nov 28, 20216 minKrill: The Disappearing Backbone of Marine EcosystemsBY KARTHY SAJEEV Are we that close to krill-ing off biodiversity as we know it? Apparently so, because keystone species are feeling the...
Nov 8, 20214 minWe Are in the Middle of a Sixth Mass Extinction BY PEYTON DULAY People have heard the stories about dinosaurs and how they went extinct, but what many don’t know is that there is a...
Oct 27, 20214 minJakarta SinkingBY ADIKA WITOELAR The global sea level has risen, on average, by 3.6 millimeters per year from 2006-2015, more than double the average...
Jun 14, 20215 minThe Need for SeaweedWhy seaweed aquaculture is the solution to copious environmental, health, and socioeconomic problems caused by ocean acidification and great
Apr 21, 20218 minAn Interview with Professor Fonna Forman: Why Global Challenges Require Local SolutionsBY OLGA KURILINA AND ELIANA BLACHMAN Professor Fonna Forman is a professor of Political Science and the founding Director of the Center on G
Mar 30, 20213 minThe Lithium Triangle: How Electric Vehicles Are Putting Indigenous Communities at RiskBY SARA BERMAN The looming threat of climate change has encouraged the effort of seeking new sustainable energy sources, and lithium-powere
Mar 10, 20218 minInterview: Indigenous Communities on Climate ChangeBY ANUSHA GOSWAMI Kathryn Walkiewicz, Assistant Professor of English Literature and citizen of the Cherokee Nation, received her Ph.D. in E
Feb 25, 20213 minA Reproductive Justice Framework for Climate ChangeBY KATIE BABSON The impacts of climate change differ between males and females. To help combat these disproportionate consequences, a gende
Feb 2, 20214 minThe Dark Truth Behind Fast FashionBY SABINA GRIEBEL The rising popularity of fast fashion provides people with cheap, trendy clothing - at an extreme social and environmenta
Jan 26, 20216 minEnvironmental Racism: A Forgotten IssueBY ALLYSON BRADLEY A young African-American girl stares out over the horizon from her apartment balcony. She sees the billowing light gray
Jan 18, 20213 minCOVID-19's Impact on the EnvironmentBY SABINA GRIEBEL The COVID-19 pandemic will cause ramifications across the world even after its eventual declared end. This article examin
Dec 9, 20204 minThe Lies of NeoliberalismBY KATIE BABSON Neoliberal policies celebrate competitiveness and hyper-individualism, persuading us that prosperity is only possible throu
Dec 3, 20203 minThe Problem with Period Products and Sustainable AlternativesBY SABINA GRIEBEL This article provides both a brief overview of the history of menstrual hygiene products, their effects on climate change
Nov 27, 20203 minThe Effect of Climate Change on Women: An OverviewBY SABINA GRIEBEL Women are disproportionately affected by climate change - why? And what can be done? This article provides a brief overvi
Nov 23, 20204 minWhat Climate Change Means for the Future of Infectious DiseaseBY HANNAH BUDROE When people typically think of climate change, they picture droughts, rising sea levels, devastating forest fires, and oth
Nov 22, 20204 minThree Major Consequences of Global Warming BY JIMO KOO We are in a global warming crisis. But what does that mean to us? Why should we care about climate change? By listing the poten
Nov 21, 20209 minHow Do Scientists Predict Climate Change? An Interview with Nicholas LutskoBY ETHAN OLSON In this interview, Nicholas Lutsko, an assistant professor of climate science at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, an
Nov 14, 20203 minThe Health of the Homeless: A Climate Change ProblemBY SOPHIA HIDALGO This article provides an insight into the health struggles that homeless Californians are facing. Their lack of housing a
Nov 10, 20202 minFlorida’s Rising Coast: A Threat to the Lives of MillionsBY HUNTER SIMENTAL-RUYBE This article takes a look at the rising coast of Florida, with a specific look at the Miami-Dade County area. The
Nov 1, 20202 minDeep Argo Quantifies Bottom Water Warming Rates in the Southwest Pacific BasinJohnson, G. C., S. G. Purkey, N. V. Zilberman, and D. Roemmich, 2019: Deep Argo Quantifies Bottom Water Warming Rates in the Southwest Pacif
Oct 29, 20202 minOld carbon reservoirs were not important in the deglacial methane budgetM.N.Dyonisius, V.V.Petrenko, A.M.Smith, Q.Hua, B.Yang, J.Schmitt, J. Beck, B.Seth, M.Bock, B.Hmiel, I.Vimont, J.A.Menking, S.A. Shackleton,
Oct 28, 20205 minThe World Logistics Center: Lessons from California’s Next Big Environmental DisasterBY MARC CAMANAG A large but sleepy city located in Southern California’s bustling Inland Empire, Moreno Valley might seem insignificant at
Oct 27, 20203 minWhy the U.S. Should Turn to Natives for Fire-ManagementBY ELEANOR TERNER This article provides insight to those looking into the future after a year with more forest fires than any other in rece
Oct 13, 20201 minAtmospheric rivers drive flood damages in the western United StatesCorringham, T.W., F.M. Ralph, A. Gershunov, D.R. Cayan and C.A. Talbot, 2019: Atmospheric rivers drive flood damages in the western United S
Oct 13, 20201 minObserved Impacts of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Wildfire in CaliforniaWilliams A.P., J.T. Abatzoglou, A. Gershunov, J. Guzman Morales, D.A. Bishop and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2019: The link between anthropogenic clim