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The Ask

What a New Jersey Creek Taught Us About How Animals Respond to Pollution  

Decades of studying polluted Piles Creek led to advances in our understanding of how pollution affects crabs, fish and shrimp, including those that we eat.
May 11, 2022
by
Tara Lohan
Decades of studying polluted Piles Creek led to advances in our understanding of how pollution affects crabs, fish and shrimp, including those that we eat.
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The Ask

Why We Need Slow Solutions to Solve Our Water Problems

A new book explains why “Slow Water” projects can help us tackle our climate, water and biodiversity crises.
April 27, 2022
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Tara Lohan
A new book explains why “Slow Water” projects can help us tackle our climate, water and biodiversity crises.
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The Ask

What It’s Like to Study Endangered Killer Whales

Researcher Deborah Giles is on the frontlines of efforts to understand — and help protect — critically endangered Southern Residents.
April 13, 2022
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Tara Lohan
Researcher Deborah Giles is on the frontlines of efforts to understand — and help protect — critically endangered Southern Residents.
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The Ask

Hope for Coral Reefs

A new book tracks scientific research and restoration efforts around the world that are focused on saving this critical ocean ecosystem.
March 30, 2022
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Tara Lohan
A new book tracks scientific research and restoration efforts around the world that are focused on saving this critical ocean ecosystem.
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The Ask

Wolves as Teachers

Community ecologist Cristina Eisenberg explains how we can use both Native and western science to help solve our toughest environmental problems.
March 14, 2022
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Tara Lohan
Community ecologist Cristina Eisenberg explains how we can use both Native and western science to help solve our toughest environmental problems.
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The Ask

The Boreal Forests Have a Warning for Us

Treeline, a new book by Ben Rawlence, explains how climate change is causing far-reaching shifts in one of our most important ecosystems.
February 14, 2022
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Tara Lohan
Treeline, a new book by Ben Rawlence, explains how climate change is causing far-reaching shifts in one of our most important ecosystems.
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Why Words Matter in the Fight Against Climate Change

Speak up, identify the stakes, and use language that inspires action and combats right-wing messaging, says climate communications expert Genevieve Guenther.
January 12, 2022
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Tara Lohan
Speak up, identify the stakes, and use language that inspires action and combats right-wing messaging, says climate communications expert Genevieve Guenther.
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Injustice Forever? Toxic PFAS Chemicals Have ‘Made a Mockery of Our Environmental Regulations’

With a lack of regulations addressing toxic “forever chemicals,” students and professors at a Vermont college have taken their research skills into communities to spur action.
December 17, 2021
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Tara Lohan
With a lack of regulations addressing toxic “forever chemicals,” students and professors at a Vermont college have taken their research skills into communities to spur action.
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The Ask

The Fight Against Plastic: ‘If You’re Not at the Table, You’re on the Menu’

A new podcast puts BIPOC storytelling front and center in working for solutions to the plastic crisis.
December 3, 2021
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Tara Lohan
A new podcast puts BIPOC storytelling front and center in working for solutions to the plastic crisis.
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Kids and Climate Change: New Book Exposes Why Some Schools Fail to Teach the Science

In Miseducation, investigative journalist Katie Worth reveals big inequities in climate education and a gap that mirrors state politics.
November 15, 2021
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Tara Lohan
In Miseducation, investigative journalist Katie Worth reveals big inequities in climate education and a gap that mirrors state politics.

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