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Climate Impacts Group Scientists Tapped for Expertise on West Coast Climate Fires
As multiple fires on the West Coast devastate towns and fill the air with toxic smoke, people are looking for answers. Multiple regional news outlets have relied on experts from the Climate Impacts Group to provide clarity into the current situation and hope for the future.
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A “Green New Deal” for the oceans must prioritize social justice beyond infrastructure
“A green new deal for the oceans must prioritize social justice beyond infrastructure” adds to a recently published peer-reviewed article which declares that oceans are largely absent or separate from the policy proposals listed in the GND. The timely paper published by Dundas et al. (2020) argues the importance of extending the values and proposed strategies of the GND to the oceans, including investing in infrastructure, renewable energy, food security, and habitat restoration.
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New “Blue Paper” highlights “once-in-a-generation” opportunity to transform our relationship with the ocean
The relationships between human societies and oceans are diverse and complex. Stand on any coastline in the world and stare out at the waters; listen to the crashing waves, smell the salty air, and revel in a sense of place and health. Observe teams of people cooperating to bring in a day's harvest or talk to a Tribal member about the history of the ocean sustaining their community. These are only some of the intangible “ocean values” that have contributed to human well-being for millennia. And it turns out, the future of human welfare depends on maintaining this rich diversity of relationships and values with the oceans.
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"The Olympic Coast as a Sentinel: Tribal Communities at the Forefront of Ocean Change" Premiers September 24 at the River & Ocean Film Festival
Trailer for “The Olympic Coast as a Sentinel: Tribal Communities at the Forefront of Ocean Change,” produced by Washington Sea Grant in partnership with Hoh Tribe, Makah Tribe, Quileute Tribe, Quinault Indian Nation, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Olympic National Park, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab, UW Applied Physics Lab, UW Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, and University of Connecticut.
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Systemic racism has consequences for all life in cities
Two EarthLab Innovation Grant principal investigators, Christopher Schell and Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, co-authored a new paper to show the scientific community that fundamental practices in science are based on systems that support white supremacy and perpetuate systemic racism. This article was originally published in UW News.
Read moreEarthLab Innovation Grant project selected as a finalist for a "Science Breakthrough of the Year" award at Falling Walls 2020
We are pleased to share that one of our inaugural Innovation Grant projects was selected as a finalist for a "Science Breakthrough of the Year" award by the Falling Walls Conference, an annual world forum for leaders across sectors and disciplines to come together to discuss pressing global challenges and answer the question, "Which are the next walls to fall in science and society?"
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Slipping Through the Cracks: Racism and the struggle for equity in the field of conservation
Thank you for joining us and listening to our panelists discuss their experiences as members of the BIPOC community and co-conspirators working in and around the field of conservation.
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Memorial University professor part of global effort to better understand our relationship with the oceans
Gerald Singh and others from MUN contributing to international project involving researchers from 21 countries
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Salish Sea Equity & Justice Symposium Final Report Available
The 2019 Salish Sea Equity and Justice Symposium was created to amplify voices of historically underrepresented and marginalized groups within the environmental field in the Salish Sea and Pacific Northwest Coast region. During this two-day event, leaders from all types of environmental professional backgrounds convened to discuss how to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout their operations and environmental work.
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Inaugural Future Rivers Cohort Announced
Future Rivers is proud to announce and welcome their first cohort of students for the 2020-2021 academic year. Six master's and six doctoral students from fisheries, forestry, landscape architecture, public health, and civil & environmental engineering will join the program this fall. From Massachusetts to Bangladesh, these students bring with them a wide-range of multi-disciplinary experience and a passion for transforming freshwater science.
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