EarthLab News
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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How to avoid cabin fever in WA’s pandemic winter
With mental health on the line, Washingtonians are finding creative, safe ways to get outside. Nature and Health's director Josh Lawler is quoted in this Crosscut article.
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VIDEO: WOAC and partners profiled in AGU Thought Leadership Series
This year, the Washington Ocean Acidification Center was selected to be included in the AGU Thought Leadership Series, which profiles the work and research of urgent environmental issues. WOAC was selected due to the desire to spotlight centers that are "working against the clock" to alleviate ocean acidification.
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