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Our Top 10 Stories of 2021
In 2021, EarthLab welcomed new partners, strengthened our commitment to equity and justice work, and continued our work to inspire and incentivize innovative, community-centered environmental and climate justice research. Explore our top stories.
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The Spokesman Review: Washington could see more mosquitoes with hotter, longer summers
Moisture and heat are key to the mosquito life cycle. Change one of those elements, or both, and the population and our vulnerability to it will likely change, said Cory Morin, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Washington. Cory co-led an EarthLab Innovation Grants project that assessed Climate Driven Zoonotic Disease Risk in Washington state.
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High Country News: ‘Every part of a degree of warming that we can avert will make the future better’
Amy Snover, researcher and director of the Climate Impacts Group, explains why the IPCC report matters, what it says about climate change in the Northwest, and how communities can prepare.
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UW News: With extreme heat increasingly common, UW expert calls for urgent planning to protect health in new Lancet series
Professor Kristie Ebi with the Center for Health and the Global Environment co-leads a new series on increasingly common extreme heat waves and their impact on human health.
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How we can restore forests, increase fire resilience and protect communities
EarthLab Advisory Board member Phil Rigdon co-authored this Seattle Times op-ed with Commissioner Hilary Franz and The Nature Conservancy's Washington director Mike Stevens.
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Environmental Innovation Challenge 2021 Awards
Judges awarded the $5,000 EarthLab Community Impact Prize to Washington State University team CP Systems. The team of chemical engineering, mechanical and materials engineering, and electrical engineering and computer science students is developing a portable, scalable technology that can be used in emerging nations to transform waste into electrical energy.
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UW’s Joshua Lawler named fellow of Ecological Society of America
Joshua Lawler, director of Nature and Health, has been named a 2021 fellow of the Ecological Society of America. Fellows are elected for life, and the honor recognizes scientists who advance or apply ecological knowledge in academics, government, nonprofits and the broader society.
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Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves (Book)
Human health depends on the health of the planet. Earth’s natural systems—the air, the water, the biodiversity, the climate—are our life support systems. Edited by Samuel Myers and Howard Frumkin, 2020
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‘Forgetting Nature’: Peter Kahn offers warning in short documentary film
UW News shares a new short film, Forgetting Nature, starring Peter Kahn at Nature and Health. What do we lose when we lose our connection to nature?
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For tribes, climate change fight is about saving culture
Climate Impacts Group Meade Crosby was quoted in this article.
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