Environmental & Public Health

Fellow Story

Miner publishes on presence organochlorine pollutants within a polythermal glacier in the Interior Eastern Alaska Range

To assess the presence of organochlorine pollutants (OCP) in Alaskan sub-Arctic latitudes, Fellow Kimberley Miner analyzed ice core and meltwater samples from Jarvis Glacier, a polythermal glacier in Interior Alaska. Jarvis Glacier is...
September 10, 2018
Leadership Grant Grant

Community-based research and action on drinking water contaminants

Lauren Richter was hired as Research Scientist with Silent Spring Institute to lead a community-based participatory research project on highly fluorinated chemical contamination of drinking water in New England. Per- and polyfluorinated...
June 20, 2018
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Teniope Adewumi-Gunn

2018 Fellow
Teniope Adewumi-Gunn is currently a Science Fellow at NRDC focusing on the intersection of climate change and worker health. Her research looks for solutions to address the climate impacts faced by workers, with a focus on underserved...
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Miyuki Hino

2018 Fellow
Miyuki Hino is a Ph.D. candidate in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources at Stanford University. She studies strategies for managing flood risk in a changing climate, ranging from strategic relocation programs...
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Candice Youngblood

2018 Fellow
Candice Youngblood is a passionate environmental justice lawyer and advocate. An asthmatic, she grew up in Los Angeles County living beside major freeways. Candice became motivated to protect the right to breathe clean air after realizing...
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Carina Bracer: Really? A climate refugee?

Really? A climate refugee? Amazing how that became a reality for my family last October after the passing of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. The destruction it caused forced us to suddenly uproot our lives. Compared to others, we were very fortunate. Neither we nor anyone in our extended family lost their home, or had to survive more than three months without electricity.
May 29, 2018
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Kimberley Rain Miner: Preparing for the disasters we never saw coming

Is it possible to identify and stop a climate change disaster before it happens? Kimberley Rain Miner, a National Science Foundation Fellow and Department of Defense SMART Scholar, believes it might be with the proper predictions and preparations in a broad range of scenarios.
May 29, 2018
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Morello-Frosch's research on segregation and pollution featured in New York Times

Over the past decade, more researchers have focused on the correlation between segregation and broad pollution exposure. Residents of a city like Memphis, they have found, are exposed to more pollution than those living in a city like Tampa, Fla., which is less racially divided.
April 18, 2018
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Niles awarded Gund award to lead comprehensive study of nitrogen

Five interdisciplinary teams will receive Gund Catalyst Awards between $35,000 and $50,000 to establish new research projects seeking real-world solutions to critical environmental issues. The inaugural Catalyst Awards will accelerate new efforts on global climate modelling, renewable biofuels, climate impacts on mountain communities, nitrogen ‘trouble zones’ and sustainable agriculture.
March 25, 2018
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Neitlich's research quoted in National Geographic article on most toxic town in America

Kotzebue is an Alaskan city located on a sound bordering the Chukchi Sea, about 30 miles above the Arctic Circle. The city features the Nullaġvik Hotel, a number of B&B’s, several churches, and a restaurant called Little Louie’s that serves breakfast burritos and nachos. About 70 percent of the 3,500 residents are Iñupiat Eskimo, and native traditions hold strong too.
March 18, 2018