"The Yale School of the Environment's Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Sustainability Initiative (JEDSI) has launched a database detailing the careers and personal stories of more than 200 environmental professionals of color in the United States. The database... features professionals in the energy, Indigenous land rights, conservation, climate, and environmental justice fields."
Do you want to actively support the fight for #climate and environmental justice in Canada?
#Research for the Front Lines is expanding our network and we’re particularly looking for people with backgrounds in applied science or analytical testing of environmental pollutants who can volunteer some labour to enhance the support we provide to #Indigenous Land Defenders and other frontline folks.
I need to know the scientific name for the small body of air captured under the covers while you sleep. That lovely, warm air probably contains all sorts of interesting molecules you generate or sweat or exude while you're in bed.
For the methods section of a grant (potentially); "we will use a Gilian 800i remote air sampling device drawing air through 4 feet of 3 mil silicone tubing and a MilliporeSigma™ Supelco™
54278U SPE solid phase column. Samples of {INSERT THIS TERM HERE} will be drawn at intervals of two hours with column replacement between each sample."
Because I want to know what molecules exactly my lovely partner/wife/whoever you sleep with is filling that space with so that they are so snuggly first thing in the morning.
#EnvironmentalScience especially quantitative gas phase sampling is hard and, as you pointed out, selecting the appropriate filter for your target molecules is critical to the success of your experiment. Since my target is unknown though I'm considering snagging all of the organics and slapping the sample into LC/LC-electrospray ionization-MS and comparing known and unknown peaks.
Where #Groundwater Levels Are Falling, & Rising, Worldwide
An investigation into nearly 1,700 aquifers across >40 countries found that groundwater levels in almost ½ have fallen since 2000. Only about 7% of the aquifers surveyed had groundwater levels that rose over that same time period.
“Groundwater declines have consequences,” said Scott Jasechko, an assoc prof at the UC Santa Barbara’s Bren School of #EnvironmentalScience & Management, & the study’s lead author. “Those consequences can include causing #streams to leak, lands to sink, #seawater to contaminate coastal aquifers, & wells to run dry.”
…The research, published on Wed in the journal #Nature, confirms widespread #groundwater declines previously found w/satellites & models….
Collaborators investigate the increasing need for advanced #RemoteSensing technologies to predict and understand #ecosystem responses to disturbances, especially in the face of #ClimateChange.
Get a preview of where we'll be going to collect some #dust samples in this series of videos from 2023 where we traveled to our array of long term passive collectors stationed in the #Southwest#UnitedStates.
"#Wabanaki history is ingrained across #Maine and has deep rooted cultural relationships with major natural landmarks that many of us see everyday. However, there is a concerning gap surrounding the important aspects of our state’s rich Wabanaki history and what little many students learn about it in Maine schools.
"Wabanaki studies need to be consistently incorporated into all Maine school districts. According to a 2022 report done by the #AbbeMuseum, the #MaineACLU, the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission and the #WabanakiAlliance, the Wabanaki studies law passed by Maine in 2001 is not appropriately enforced across the state.
"The law 'requires schools to teach Maine K–12 students about Wabanaki territories, economic systems, cultural systems, governments, and political systems, as well as the Wabanaki tribes’ relationships with local, state, national, and international governments,' the report says.
"The Portland public school system recently incorporated a Wabanaki studies program into its curriculum. This will hopefully be a good example for other districts across Maine and encourage them to do the same.
"Teaching Wabanaki studies will help children gain a better understanding of the state. In time, this can help them develop a closer relationship with the #land and our responsibility to ensure that it is cared for and treated with respect.
"'Through #traditional stories representing the terrestrial and aquatic systems, important [Wabanaki] values are imparted that safeguard culturally significant resources from overuse and ensure the persistence of the people and culture,' says Natalie Michelle, interdisciplinary studies and research assistant of native environmental studies in climate change at the University of Maine.
"It is more important than ever that we look to native science as we face irreversible damage to our climate. We must prioritize implementing these ideals early into the educational careers of children so they go on to practice them throughout their lives.
"Western science and education has taught the ideals of dominance over nature for centuries. This is reflected in practices that have contributed to the #extinction of animals, rises in #NaturalDisasters, food and water shortages and the numerous other effects of #ClimateChange. Instead of connecting with #nature, we are often taught to distance ourselves from the #NaturalWorld. We are taught to use vague and nonspecific naming tools like 'it' to refer to any non-human being.
"'We use it to distance ourselves, to set others outside our circle of moral consideration, creating #hierarchies of difference that justify our actions — so we don’t feel,' says Robin Kimmerer, professor of environmental and forest biology at the State University of New York College of #EnvironmentalScience and #Forestry.
"Kimmerer talks of alternatives to using 'it' to put ourselves on the same level as other living beings, recognizing them as relatives by calling them by their name. But she says that this can be difficult for many of her students because they were not taught these alternatives until now.
"In my experience growing up in Maine and going to school, I never encountered a class focused on Wabanaki studies until college. I am grateful to have this opportunity now. But it has been difficult for me to implement these new ideals into my thinking toward the land around me because they seem so foreign.
"Using the word 'foreign' seems wrong when describing ideals that have been used in Maine since long before any of us were here. But Maine schools and communities have an opportunity to change this.
"Children who grow up in this state have the right and responsibility to know the history of the land around them. They have the right and responsibility to understand the negative implications of #colonization and #ForcedRemoval of the #WabanakiTribes and how despite horrible #historical events, the Wabanaki people have endured and developed their own #sovereign structures.
"In order to create more inclusive classrooms that incorporate all aspects of our state history and work towards building respectful relationships with Maine land, other communities should follow the exciting example being set in #PortlandMaine."
Waves are getting bigger and surf at least 13 feet (about 4 meters) tall is becoming more common off California's coast as the planet warms, according to innovative new research that tracked the increasing height from historical data gathered over the past 90 years.
Digging into the benefits of landfill mining: Research in the International Journal of Environmental Engineering reveals details of the first successful, large-scale landfill mining project in Andalusia, Spain. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-benefits-landfill.html
Big waves becoming more common off California as Earth warms, new research finds (phys.org)
Waves are getting bigger and surf at least 13 feet (about 4 meters) tall is becoming more common off California's coast as the planet warms, according to innovative new research that tracked the increasing height from historical data gathered over the past 90 years.