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Dr. Marco Hatch: Merging Ocean Science and Community-Driven Environmental Restoration

Washington Nature

By Anya Blaney Ocean scientist and TNC in Washington trustee Marco Hatch creates opportunities for under-resourced students to pursue higher education while revitalizing ancestral clam gardens. His connection to the ocean and marine ecology began in early life.

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Antarctic extreme events: ‘All-time records are being shattered not from decades ago, but from the last few years and months’

Frontiers

By Prof Martin Siegert, University of Exeter (Cornwall) Image: Shutterstock.com 42 governments around the world have agreed to protect Antarctica’s environment. In the ocean, 19 marine heatwaves have been recorded between 2002 and 2018. He is currently field chief editor of the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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Stanford’s Sustainability School: A Good Model?

Legal Planet

Administrative reorganizations, whether in government, business, or the academy, are always difficult and costly, often taking years before the rearranged units gel into a new unit. These connections are especially important in the environmental area, particularly in connection with climate.

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Speaking Truth to Corporate Power

Legal Planet

She and another GM scientist published their work and presented their findings to GM’s VP for government relations (a/k/a “head lobbyist”). The LA Times detailed some of the research, including a study launched by a scientist named Henry Shaw to use an oil tanker to measure how effectively the ocean was removing CO2 from the atmosphere.

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ESA & COP26: Day 5 – People

ESA

This is the first COP in which the Mexican government has including youth on their team. Helene works on ocean and sea ice modelling. Originally from Italy, Fabio Berzaghi is now at Laboratory of Climate and Environmental Sciences (LSCE-CEA) in France. She is one of four youth members in the “party” from Mexico.

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Top 20 Leading Weather & Climate Voices to Follow in 2021

Breezometer

Nancy Colleton, president of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies , has become a globally respected leader in communicating scientific environmental information to the public. She leads numerous initiatives that promote a better understanding of our planet’s dynamic weather and climate changes. Paul Walsh. Eric Blake.

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