Earth Day Reading List
April 22, 2022
Celebrate Earth Day with must-reads on climate change, conservation, the environment, and more. “Indispensable. A must read for anyone who cares about the ocean and understands the integral role it… READ MORE
Tag: environmental studies
Urbanization and Sustainability
November 27, 2019
Steward Pickett— Sustainability has become one of the touchstones of the twenty-first century. As the human inhabitants of the planet consume an ever-larger share of the Earth’s resources and increasingly… READ MORE
The Great Whales of Stellwagen Bank
April 5, 2019
Patrick J. Lynch— Just north of the northern tip of Cape Cod, Stellwagen Bank is an underwater glacial outwash plain that rises above the deeper waters of the southern Gulf… READ MORE
Gap Analysis, Conservation and Mike Scott
April 18, 2018
Daniel Lewis— Nature might not actually abhor a vacuum, as it turns out, but humans abhor a gap in nature. Studying birds take place both in the wild and in… READ MORE
Memories of the 1938 Hurricane
October 13, 2017
Stephen Long— Memory is a capacity both individual and cultural. Think back to when the recent economic downturn began in 2007 and how frequently it was compared to the Great… READ MORE
Overfishing – the silent crisis beneath the ocean’s surface
October 3, 2017
Brian Fagan— Sustainable catches. These magic words now appear on many higher-end restaurant menus. Many top chefs and organic markets are working with fisherfolk to handle only catches from maintainable… READ MORE
“It’s the Climate, Stupid.”
June 27, 2017
Geoffrey Parker— Once upon a time, climate change was a hot topic. In 1979 the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations Environment Programme, the National Science Foundation, the Ford… READ MORE
The Discovery of Acid Rain
May 4, 2016
Gene E. Likens and Richard T. Holmes— Acid rain or acid precipitation or acid deposition as it is variably called, was first identified in North America more than five decades… READ MORE
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