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Achoo! Climate Change Lengthening Pollen Season in U.S., Study Shows
This article, featuring a quote from Kristi Ebi (Center for Health and the Global Environment) was originally published in The New York Times.
Read moreCHanGE Comes to EarthLab
New collaboration between UW Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE) and EarthLab will accelerate climate research, action and resilience.
Read moreBookmark These New Websites for Future Rivers, Ocean Nexus Center & Washington Ocean Acidification Center
We're thrilled to present three new websites for Future Rivers, Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center & Washington Ocean Acidification Center (WOAC).
Read moreProject to Create Anti-Racism Education Wins Mellon Grant
Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, faculty advisor for EarthLab member organization Future Rivers and assistant professor in the School of Marine & Environmental Affairs, is part of a team of academics that was recently awarded $5 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund an interdisciplinary, multi-year project to advance anti-racist practices and pedagogy in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM).
Read moreEARTHLAB EQUITY & JUSTICE READS: AS LONG AS GRASS GROWS
EarthLab has selected As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker for our equity and justice book club this quarter.
Read moreInnovative New Prizes Add to Competition Experience
EarthLab is proud to sponsor a prize at the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge, presented by Foster School’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship. The Community Impact Prize recognizes innovation in developing a product, solution, or demonstrated business model that mitigates or makes communities more resilient in the face of climate change while prioritizing equity and justice.
Read moreFor tribes, climate change fight is about saving culture
Climate Impacts Group Meade Crosby was quoted in this article.
Read moreHow 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.
Read moreNature: River conservation by an Indigenous community
Populations of river fish are threatened by pressures on land and water resources. Networks of reserves managed by Indigenous people at community level offer a way to conserve fish diversity and enhance yields of nearby fisheries.
Read moreVIDEO: 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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