Natural Resource Management

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Gill quoted in Salon on investigating links between agriculture and dust storms

Scientists are working to understand "the chaotic cascade of dynamics that causes a dust storm to initiate a particular point in space and a particular point in time," says Thomas Gill.
February 8, 2022
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Jensen quoted in the Guardian and LAist on lawsuit against Tejon Ranch development

“We know that under the right conditions, houses will burn, and people will be faced with the tragedy of losing their houses, their livelihoods and potentially their lives,” said Nick Jensen. “Are these projects really worth it?”
February 7, 2022
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Jensen quoted about commodification of white sage

“This is a problem with our relationship with nature, the idea that wild species are easily turned into commodities,” says Nick Jensen in the LA Daily News. “It’s, in a lot of ways, putting plants at risk for the gain of a small number of people”
February 7, 2022
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Vaghela: community-based micro-hydropower is a people empowerment energy solution

Community-based hydropower — such as pico, micro, and mini hydro — has provided socio-economic and environmental benefits to thousands of off-grid communities in the Asia Pacific, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, long before central grids have reached them. Dipti Vaghela was recently interviewed by International Rivers on key aspects of community-scale micro hydropower (MHP).
February 3, 2022
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2021 Switzer Fellows Book List

Check out the books authored, edited or co-authored by Switzer Fellows in 2021 and dive into topics such as Indigenous teachings, the biology of climate change and sustainable urban planning.
January 27, 2022
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Fulweiler TEDx Talk promotes expanding coastal ocean research through sensors

Robinson (Wally) Fulweiler presented Coastal Ocean's bold vision for conducting ocean science in a talk at TEDx Boston.
January 12, 2022
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‘We scientists engage in soft diplomacy’: Mongabay Q&A with Christine Wilkinson

Christine shares why hyenas get such a bad rap, her dream of a solar-powered camera-trap grid, and her work bringing together other African American scientists in mammalogy.
January 6, 2022
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Mulvaney presents Labor, Land, and Waste Across the Life Cycle of Solar Power

Dustin Mulvaney is presenting a webinar on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021 to the IEEE’s Santa Clara Valley Sustainability Chapter on Labor, Land, and Waste Across the Life Cycle of Solar Power.
December 1, 2021
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Stoddard authors report on impact of Hurricane Florence on animals and farmers in North Carolina

Millions of poultry died and thousands of pigs and their waste was washed into local waterways by the millions of gallons, with negative impacts for the health of environmental justice communities and local ecosystems.
November 16, 2021
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Brooks authors paper exploring highly effective management of world's largest Marine Protected Area

As the first large-scale Marine Protected Area (MPA) in areas beyond national jurisdiction, the Ross Sea region MPA sets a precedent for design, adoption, and implementation of other MPAs on the high seas. Together with a team of co-authors, Cassandra Brooks recently published a paper in Marine Policy that highlights the strong management in place within the Ross Sea region MPA, including research and monitoring.
October 27, 2021